“Constellations”

 

1970s

EARLY IN MY CAREER MY WORKS INTEGRATED A SYSTEMIC PATTERNING OF PRECISE BEAD-LIKE DOTS OF COLOR AND EXTRUDED THIN LINES OF PAINT INTO GEOMETRIC FORMATIONS. THESE PATTERNS REFERENCED WOVEN GIRDERS OR FRAMEWORKS INTO AN EXPLOSION OF COLOR— A CHARGED CUBIST SPACE. ONE CRITIC REFERRED TO THESE PAINTINGS AS “SUPERCHARGED CONSTRUCTIVISM.”