Flower Pollen Series

Each painting is oil on canvas and 24" X 24".

My artist statement for the Pollen series

About the Pollen Series:

These paintings are about beauty: unseen beauty. Flowers are a universal symbol of beauty: a perfect creation of nature. Besides scientists, few have ventured beyond the surface of a flower, and gazed at their inner workings. Pollen is so minuscule that with the naked eye it is mere dust, but with close examination its beauty is unsurpassed. It is vibrant, sensual and striking.

The job of pollen is to carry the sperm of one flower to pollinate another. Its purpose is to create new life, breed more beauty. I painted pollen because they are beautiful, because they create life, and because life is beauty.

Pollen is known little for its form and vibrancy, but for the annoyance and irritation it causes people during allergy season. Yet beauty is never about perfection and harmony. Beauty can destroy or uplift, it can devastate or inspire just as life can.

I painted pollen because I wanted a close up of life, a microscopic slice. Something that would show life’s polarities: its joys and hardships. But most of all, something that showed life’s beauty.

my new pollen series

Here is my new series. Enjoy!