4Y4: A Painted Poem (2020)

An experimental interleaving of poetry and painting, this work consists of sixteen abstract paintings, each titled with a single verb. When read as a whole, the poem is intended to describe the creative process used to paint it. Partly inspired by classical Chinese and Japanese poetry, which were written with ideograms that could be read and related to each other in any number of subjective ways.

Link to the poem's Arthive collection.


Focus
Focus

Fling
Fling

Veil
Veil

Flow
Flow

Pepper

Tatter
Tatter

Splash
Splash

Slash
Slash

Muse
Muse

Breathe
Breathe

Light
Light

Seed
Seed

Swell
Swell

Wave
Wave

Break
Break

Begin
Begin

4Y4: A Painted Poem
4Y4: A Painted Poem