The Secret of Om

I started this painting as a process piece, laying on the background colors as a wash. Then as I slipped further and further into the trance of accompanying music, I began to play the canvas like a drum. The resulting textures in the wet paint inspired further action. I began to seek active motion with thicker and thicker paint. The result of diving deeper into the motions and rhythms of driving metal music pushed the boundaries between subconscious and conscious creation. By attacking the canvas as a adversary, I found that a release of images and emotions produced a sensation of meditative purity, as if the heart of the universe had been captured and pinned into a case like a butterfly specimen.