KIMONO GEM BOXES
In this next step in the evolution of the Gem Box Series, Alan draws inspiration from the bold patterns of Kimono fabrics which he arranges into liquid landscapes bent into grids of clear foreground and rear space with elements of the patterned light dot hard edge.
2009 PHOTO GEMS
In this latest series of Gems, Alan approaches a startling new vantage, as he continues to perfect and reinvent his technique of working with the material of epoxy resin. This time he incorporates photographic imagery of his beloved Northwest landscape and embellishes it with dynamic colorful abstractions creating a sense of life and movement in addition to the organic, natural growth captured in the image itself.
TOWERS
In the ongoing series of Towers, sculptures are created from blocks of epoxy resin. Unlike Gem Boxes, this series focuses on the more rigid "man-made" or urban aspects of beauty. The focus is on precise form and the relationship between structures as paintings in space. While alternately capturing or reflecting light and creating dense areas of color and focus, these monumental forms bring awareness to our society's continual drive for art and design in our visual landscape.
2008 STRIPE SERIES
Paintings from the Stripe series employ stripes that run from edge to edge of the canvas and address the question of composition by shifting the focus to notions of contrast and rhythm. This sense of movement is one that wanders calmly - even elegantly.
2008 LIGHT DOT SERIES
Glowing light dots float in pools of clears and colors. Sentience, passion, and light exist and bound forth from the depth of the surface echoing raining nights in Seattle.
2008 GEM BOX SERIES
In this most recent series of Gem Boxes, fresh edge, depth, richness of color and passion are contained in layers of unique surfaces. Colorfull kinesthetic passages move through layers of clear space with sensibility and elegance, coming together to form a synergy of life and passion on panels.
QUEST SERIES
The Quest series of towers and sculptures began in 2005, when I started working with blocks of epoxy cut with a bandsaw to reveal a rich amount of paint "events" and textures. The process of cutting and assembling chunks into towers reminds me of the "building blocks" of life, representing civilization, creativity and progress. There is a sense of minimalism in the structure and color of the whole piece, while extremely rich and involved within each cut chunk. The towers are also similar to my Stripe paintings put vertically and manifested in 3D.
2007 GEM BOX SERIES
In the Gem Series wooden mahogany panels are painted on with various paints including acrylics, oils, and polyurethanes. By sandwiching paint within layers of epoxy resin and spreading it by scrapes, brushes and pores, the abstract paintings are sculpted with an inventive and fresh edge.