Falling - Acrylic on Panel - 12 paintings - Each 6x6x2 inches framed Abstract Canvases and Panels and emerging semi-transparent under layers

and emerging semi-transparent under layers of VanDyk Brown

What looks simple

The black and white design of the trunks lends itself to my monochromatic style with dabs of decaying black pigment and textural white trunks

almost ghosted as a result of the multiple layers of custom glazes

Of civilizations now extinct

Falling - Acrylic on Panel - 12 paintings - Each 6x6x2 inches framed Abstract Canvases and Panels and emerging semi-transparent under layersAs trees move into their seasonal slumber, pigments in their foliage are masked, revealing others more intense and surprising. Over a short time, their leaves are severed, and the process ultimately results in their fall and decay. This year, I felt the need to document our "Fall" to capture it's palette, and interpret it's most symbolic element, the fallen leaf, with my schema process and style. Each painting in this collection is a result of the