Red & More

Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 4ft x 4ft
Creation Date: 2021
Collection: Geometric Splendor

Red & More (2021) is a response — a counterweight to restraint. Where Red (Minimalist) whispered, Red & More declares. This 48 x 48 inch acrylic painting from the Geometric Splendor Collection expands a singular focus into a layered field of gesture, contrast, and motion.

At its core, this piece asks: what lies beyond minimalism? What happens when a controlled surface begins to unravel? The red remains — bold, grounding — but it is no longer alone. Blues rush in. Charcoal lines scrape the surface. Light intervenes.

This painting is about generosity. About allowing the surface to open up, to welcome interruption, to hold complexity. The geometry here is not rigid. It flexes, responds, breathes. It’s abstraction in dialogue — not just between colors, but between restraint and release.

The piece finds kinship with the work of Etel Adnan, especially her landscapes that balance structure with feeling. Like Adnan, I’m interested in how emotional resonance can be held within formal simplicity — how shapes become sentences, and color becomes mood.

In Red & More, the red is still dominant. But it’s different now. Touched. Changed. It’s no longer the whole story — and that’s the point.

As part of the Geometric Splendor Collection, this painting represents expansion: a letting in of more. More color. More contrast. More feeling. It speaks to the complexity we often hide behind simplicity.