Work in Progress

Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 5ft x 6ft
Creation Date: 2024
Collection: Black and White

Work in Progress (2024) is unfinished by design — a declaration of becoming, mess, and possibility. This 60 x 72 inch acrylic on canvas from the Black and White Collection resists resolution in favor of layering, experimentation, and process laid bare.

Patches of raw canvas show through fragmented brushstrokes in ochre, umber, crimson, and steel gray. Collaged elements — torn paper, string impressions, old tape outlines — remain visible. Overdrawn lines, crossed-out marks, and half-started shapes suggest a dialogue still unfolding.

I painted Work in Progress while revisiting older canvases and unresolved ideas. Rather than refine, I responded. The piece evolved as a conversation between past and present — what was, and what might be.

This painting connects with the candid surface honesty of Robert Rauschenberg and the spontaneous intelligence of Joan Snyder. Like them, I believe process is not just part of the work — it is the work.

Work in Progress is not an apology. It’s an invitation to embrace the unfinished, the becoming, the beautiful middle.