The Process of
Emotional Abstractions: Metaphysical Energy Interplay
"Information is light; light is information. The more you become informed, the more you alter your frequencies. You are electromagnetic creatures.
Everything that you are, you broadcast to everyone else."
- Barbara Marciniak, Bringers of the Dawn: Teachings from the Pleiadians
I first read this quote from Bringers of the Dawn in 2018, and I was inspired to use this new understanding of energy in my work. My Emotional Abstractions process begins with the energy vibrations I experience at the right moment. When I feel the right vibration, I invite people---sometimes strangers, sometimes those I know---to bring their energies to the improvisational interplay. The dots and lines of this series are the marks that the participants leave on the paintings. During this process, you never know what you're going to get, like when you come up to a bar on a Saturday night. I want to learn how my energy interacts with others and how I express myself, and this process has proved to be exciting, unpredictable, surprising, and as unique as each individual who participates in it. My artwork is always playful, so no matter how dark the energy that comes up is, I find a way to play and engage with it. I freeze time and energy, the two things that make up our whole existence, in these paintings.
AFTER HOURS
Process I

Beginning of the interactive energy marking, 1:8 ratio. Chaotic tangle and intoxicated "after hours" energy.

Process III
I didn't want the jagged, sharp lightning bolts of male energy protruding into the painting, so I replaced them with a triangular form.
Process II

Guiding the scribbles and tangles more into shapes, dark lines. Looking for natural forms in the chaos.
Final Improvised Ink Sketch (9"x12")

I took out the horned marking at the bottom that felt like it carried negative energy, but instead of erasing it entirely, I changed it into something more playful and friendly.
Acrylic on canvas, 30"x 40"

I transferred the sketch to a canvas and made final edits. The tangles became much clearer spirals, and out of the scribbles a beautiful peacock was born.
CIRCLE OF LIFE
Process I

Finished Improvised Sketch

Acrylic on canvas, 60" x 48"

SWIPE RIGHT
Process I

Process II

Finished Improvised Sketch

Acrylic on canvas, 60" x 48"
