Mediums

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Oil paint is made by suspending pigment in oil, usually linseed oil. The resulting mixture maintains a vibrant color and dries slowly. This allowed artists time to paint small details and fix their painting as they worked on it. Because of the luminosity of oil paints, dramatic use of lighting became possible.

It is dry pigment, the same pigments used in the wet painting media, but without oil, water or acrylic binders. It contains a minimum of binder and is basically pure pigment. Pastel is a time-tested medium, in use for four hundred years. It can be smeared if not protected under glass.

Gouache is similar to watercolor.  It's made up of a high ratio of color pigment and a solid white pigment such as chalk, plus gum arabic as a binding agent. Gouache has a lovely, heavy, velvety texture that absorbs light rather than reflecting it, creating a very smooth appearance. 

These works occupy a space between painting and sculpture. Once the initial concept and compositional framework are established, the images are drawn directly onto masonite, then cut, sanded, primed, painted, and assembled. Each stage of fabrication leaves a trace, allowing process to remain visible and integral to the final form. The resulting works assert their material presence while retaining the immediacy and intimacy of drawing.