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ABSTRACT OR REPRESENTATIONAL : Depends on the Source of the Light
My paintings are about light.
When I paint representationally and I am about the business of rendering light, I often choose a subject that is backlit. It seems to offer the most extensive and complex qualities of light - light on a surface, passing through a surface, reflecting off of a surface, often highlighting transparency, translucency, reflection, or glitter.