Artist Statement – Atonal Chromatics

Atonal Chromatics is a series of paintings that investigates the compositional and structural elements of atonal harmonics in music and translates those effects into the process of drawing and painting. The paintings are a synthesis of musical genres coexisting on the same surface. They are a response to listening to a variety of musical approaches and creating visual equivalents.

The drawings and paintings explore the interactions of sound and color, textures and forms. I am searching for ways to communicate visually what I experience when hearing and playing music. By using the visual elements of composition, line, shape, speed, texture, light and color, I draw comparisons to the musical structures of rhythm, volume, mass, atonality and harmonics.

The paintings are created as responses to a wide range of musical genres such as Classical, Jazz, Reggae and Punk, which serve as the catalyst for the work.

As an ongoing record of my visual and musical DNA, these paintings ignite both the audible and visual senses within my creative process as a painter and musician.

Education

• 1995 M.F.A., Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia PA
• 1993–94 Study Abroad, Temple Rome, Rome Italy
• 1990 B.F.A., California State University Long Beach, Long Beach CA

SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

• 2025 Recent Work, Solo Show, Cooper Building DTLA
• 2021 Home Turf, Launch LA Gallery, November 20 – December 31
• 2018 Atonal Chromatics, Rio Hondo College, Recent Drawings and Paintings, September 2 – October 4
• 2016 Staying in Tune, South Bay Contemporary Gallery, San Pedro CA, August