Black & White · 2024

Work in Progress

6 × 5 ft · Acrylic on canvas · 2024

Available · in the studio, Phoenix

The painting about the painting being made — black and white holding the honest moment before completion decided to arrive.

“Work in Progress' drifts between vision and memory, holding the space where perception meets emotion.”

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.

Where to see it. In person at RituStudio, Phoenix, by appointment. Represented by Jarrow & Goodman, Los Angeles.

The space it needs

Wall: At least 8 ft wide
Ceiling: 9 ft or more
Light: Any lighting — monochrome palette is lighting-agnostic
Daylight: Near black through pale gray, a neutral range that looks the same in morning and afternoon. Raking light shows the working marks in the textured surface; direct sun on the near black is the only thing to avoid.