Time Warp

Painted this abandoned gas station on a cloudy morning in Borrego Springs for the BAI 20th Invitational

Awarded Dakota first quarter Award, 2nd Place, judge Casey Klan comments:

2nd PLACE
Time Warp
So deceptively simple, but designed or composed with mastery. Think of the mass, and light, and surfaces. The textures bid you to place your hand on the walls and overhang. I want to take out my toolbelt and start repairing the abandoned gas station! But, it's done with very few marks and colors and tones. Simplicity is that state when a painting has nothing else to subtract. I love simplicity! No painting ever failed for being too simple. It's a powerful and dynamic work and at the same time unassuming. Refreshing. Courageous.