Portfolio of Abstracts
My art is the sincere, authentic interpretation of my thoughts and emotional reactions to our natural environment. “The more personal, the more universal,” an adage from the theater world, exemplifies the connection I strive to create between my work and the viewer.
My goal is to evoke a sense of the structure and fragility within nature through the use of textures, geometric shapes, scale and color.
I use cold wax medium mixed with oil paint and applied with brayers, squeegees and pallet knives. I often scrape, print, dig, compress and add particulates during the painting process. Applying many layers of this mixture in a multitude of ways allows me to achieve complex surfaces of texture and luminous colors that invite attention and exploration.
Earth Teach Me
5’x4′ oil and cold wax on deep cradled panel
Sacred Earth
40×30, oil/cold wax, earth on cradled panel.
Stepping Up
30×20
Soundless Chatter
60×60, a diptych_oil and cold wax on cradled panels
London Bridges
40×30, oil and cold wax on cradleboard, thin floater framed.
Balancing Act
40×30, oil and cold wax on cradled panel
Conversations
30×30, oil and cold wax on deep cradled panel
Old Women of the Shore
36×24, oil and cold wax on cradled panel. Framed in Floater Frame.
Scions
30×30, oil and cold wax on deep cradled panel
Natures Bridge_
30×24, oil/cold wax on cradled panel.
Echo
30×30, oil and cold wax on cradled panel.SOLD
Settled Amidst Uncertainty
Painted during the pandemic recalling my thoughts of being isolated. SOLD
Los Colores de San Miguel
From my memories of the beauty of San Miguel de Allende. 12×7, oil and cold wax on panel, framed.
San Miguel Remembered
12×7, oil and cold wax on oil primed paper, mounted on cradled panel.
San Miguel de Allende
12×7, oil and cold wax on cradled panel, framed.
Frail Normalcy
12×7, oil and cold wax on oil primed paper, mounted on cradled panel.
Ancient Zuni After the Rain
30×30, collage with oil and cold wax
Wet Sand #1
16×12 oil and cold wax on cradle board
Wet Sand #2
16×16, diptych, oil and cold wax on two 16×8 cradle panels. SOLD
Wet Sand #3
16×12, oil and cold wax on cradled panel
Wet Sand#4
16×16 oil and cold wax on cradled panel
Wet San #5
In Soulful Silence
16×16, oil and cold wax on cradleboard
Benevolent
24×36, oil and cold wax on cradled panels, diptych SOLD
Soaking in Pagosa Minerals
24×18, oil and cold wax on cradle board.
Inhabited
8×6, oil on media board mounted on cradleboard. SOLD
Earth Teach Me Caring
…as the mother who secures her young. SOLD 12×6, oil and cold wax on cradled panel.
Earth Teach Me Limitations
…as the ant which crawls on the ground. 12×6, oil and cold wax on cradled panel
Earth Teach Me Resignation
…as the leaves which die in the fall. SOLD 12×6 oil and cold wax on cradled panel.
Earth Teach Me to Forget Myself no.2
…as melted snow forgets its life. SOLD 12×6, oil and cold wax on panel.
Earth Teach Me Humility
…as blossoms are humble with beginning. 12×12, oil and cold wax on cradled panel.
Diversity
10×8, oil and cold wax on wood panel. SOLD
This Way or That Way
6×6, oil and cold wax with metallic powder on cradled panel, SOLD
Two’s a Crowd
12×9, oil on oil primed Arches paper mounted on a cradle board. This is referencing isolating during Covid19 pandemic.
Fields of Gold
6×6, oil and cold wax with metallic powder SOLD
A Calm Harmony
8×8, oil and cold wax on multimedia board
Nature’s Meditation
8×8, oil on multi media board
untitled
7×5 oil and cold wax on oil primed paper, mounted on cradled panel. SOLD
Borders
6×6 oil and cold wax on oil primed paper, mounted on cradled panel. SOLD
Cadenza
8×10, oil and cold wax on multimedia board, SOLD
Waltz With Me
8×8, oil and cold wax on multimedia board. SOLD
Marks Left Behind
12×24, oil and cold wax, collage, and metal leaf on cradle board
Fire and Water
6×6, oil and cold wax on cradleboard, SOLD
Regeneration
7×5, oil, copper metal leaf, cold wax on media board mounted on cradle board.
The Falls
14×11, oil and cold wax on cradleboard.
Pretty Edgy
Ancestral
Rooftop-Patio
I Feel Like Dancin’,dancin’…
Geoglyphs
Bridging the Gap
Wide Frontier
Stratta
Room with A View
After the Rain
Reach Me
My studio is located in Ventura, California. If you'd like to arrange a studio visit - or if you wish to contact me to purchase a painting, take a workshop, send me directly or through my contact form at right!
kayz2@mac.com
