About the work

Pseudo sweet is a mixed media painting that is part of a series called Mindbugs. These abstract paintings suggest a vista of duality: imaginary or real? They disrupt the experience of scale and space so as to create ambiguity: between large and small, microscopic or interstellar. Created in a layered process, media include india ink, watercolor paint and powdered pigments. This work reveals my interest in scientific imagery, including the scanning electron microscope, photography from space, and naturally occurring patterns such as fractals. The imagery is referenced for its abstract qualities, and is compelling because it is not readily evident to the visible eye, yet is underlying all of nature and its beauty.