STAINTINGS:
STAINTINGS are landscape paintings on wood in which the natural wood grain pattern suggests the landscape contours. The wood surface is enhanced by dyeing and other painting techniques to create the landscape imagery. Each piece is finished with an original hardwood frame that is an integral part of the art. The wood used to make STAINTINGS and their frames comes from off-cuts and scrap pieces that would otherwise be discarded. This is up-cycled art.
STAINTING 70 *SOLD*
ARTIST STATEMENT: STAINTINGS
pareidolia (n) - the imagined perception of a recognizable image or meaningful pattern from a random stimulus.
This term describes the moment when I first saw a landscape horizon line in the woodgrain pattern on a scrap of plywood. The grain resembled the Olympic Mountains silhouette at dusk, as seen across the Salish Sea from many westward views in Seattle.
I brought that wood scrap back to my studio where I experimentally defined and enhanced the woodgrain mountain range imagery by dyeing it with colors. I hand-painted the crescent moon and some tree silhouettes, and the finished artwork became “STAINTING No. 1”. Now I automatically scan every piece of wood I see for a wood grain horizon line.
As I continue with this series, I hope the art encourages that spark of creativity people can practice in their own work. Staintings can revitalize a person’s capacity to observe the world with a fresh perspective. I aspire to relate to the viewer through the shared humanity of seeing the thing that is and isn’t there.
STAINTINGS incorporate my interest in Earth’s place in the solar system via astronomical moon and planet skyscapes. They also show my fascination with the blackness of tree silhouettes at dusk in the Pacific Northwest, each having a unique gesture as they frame a portion of the sky.
STAINTINGS ARCHIVE
The Gallery below depicts a wide selection of STAINTINGS I have produced, to show the variety of styles and finishes I have explored and developed. (These are all **SOLD**, regardless of red dot or not)
