A friend’s mother (who is also a friend) asked for a painting before I moved away.  I wasn’t able to get it to her before I moved, but I delivered it ~ a year after.  She’s an English teacher and she said she wanted something based on the idea of “a bookshelf”.  Then she gave me free reign.

Basically, I thought, books on end (a bunch of spines of different shapes and colors) and something rectangular.  I spent a lot of time fine-tuning all the shapes and colors to make something coherent.  I wanted all the color blocks to be interesting on their own (like books are), but for the whole thing to come together as one final image (a bookshelf).

Untitled, 2015, acrylic on canvas