Paintings on veneer

I work quickly once in front of the cherry or birch veneer. The lengthy preparation is in photographs taken during lengthier roadtrips. Mile upon mile of travel reduces these open spaces to a graphite line or a flat color. I use the grain as a guide to interrupt the open spaces of the landscape — The Great Plains — my first home. Almost like muscle memory, I rely on my training in logo design to keep it simple. Only the necessary information remains. As in life, the rest is soon discarded or forgotten.