20×16 Inches
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
2024
Obsidian develops the glyph system through black oil on a black ground, reducing contrast to shifts of gloss, edge, and pressure rather than to outright tonal separation. Each form is applied by hand and placed in direct relation to the next, so that the composition emerges through repetition, variation, and interval rather than through image or fixed hierarchy. What first appears sealed begins to disclose its structure gradually, as each unit gains force from the dark field accumulating around it.
Because the glyphs and ground are so closely keyed, the work holds its order in suspension, revealing density without immediate disclosure. The painting reads less as pattern than as compressed counterpoint: a closed system in which recurrence, displacement, and internal balance produce tension from within. Like all Glyph Paintings, Obsidian is a singular original, executed directly and resolved as a complete composition whose coherence depends on the precision of its construction.
20×16 Inches
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
2024
Obsidian develops the glyph system through black oil on a black ground, reducing contrast to shifts of gloss, edge, and pressure rather than to outright tonal separation. Each form is applied by hand and placed in direct relation to the next, so that the composition emerges through repetition, variation, and interval rather than through image or fixed hierarchy. What first appears sealed begins to disclose its structure gradually, as each unit gains force from the dark field accumulating around it.
Because the glyphs and ground are so closely keyed, the work holds its order in suspension, revealing density without immediate disclosure. The painting reads less as pattern than as compressed counterpoint: a closed system in which recurrence, displacement, and internal balance produce tension from within. Like all Glyph Paintings, Obsidian is a singular original, executed directly and resolved as a complete composition whose coherence depends on the precision of its construction.
