Essence - fire Canvas Print

Using the paints left behind by Janelle Monae I have continued my experimentation in my garage……………………………………..I have found with some thought and planning I can visualize a concept based on my emotions…………………….I select colors that match what I am thinking………………….select patterns and numbers of strokes and intensity and consistency of the paint based on what I am feeling…………………..There is a level of thinking and planning and then there is a level of freedom as I let it all out…………………..The end product gives an “Illusion of Randomness” but the truth is there are no accidents………………………….This one represents fire (May 2014)

Phil has been painting since Junior High school in New York, but only in the past twenty years has he developed a practice of painting on glass. He was doing mostly portraits of Second Life avatars and some of real life characters, then in the summer of 2014 he started experimenting with various types of splatter painting as two eye operations have made detailed work much harder. Now he does a combination of Impressionistic painting on glass and acrylic abstracts on textured canvases, He has lived in Champaign-Urbana for the past 57 years and loves the flat peacefulness and constant change of the Midwest. He is most grateful for his two great kids and his wonderful wife, Mary. Besides painting, Phil has also played in bands doing...