Energy Cleanse

Energy Cleanse are a series of paintings that explore the energetic capabilities of color through a close examination and replication of crystals through my mediumistic approach to making paintings. The belief in the transformative power of these rocks is similar to power objects or talismans. I think of the work of painter Agnes Pelton and her interest in the metaphysical properties of color and their ability to bring the viewer into a state of enlightenment.  The act of painting is to make a power center. My large-scale crystal paintings are at once talismans, meditations on color, and energetic offerings.