Title: Transitions #1
Media: Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 48"x40"
Finish Date: March, 2005
Commentary:

In a discussion I had with Katherine Chiang Liu, she told me that I could handle colour ok but I needed to "find my mark". This spawned a series in which I began to explore explicit marks and shapes. I had briefly looked at this problem in Figure/Ground #1, and this piece reflects a similar structural approach to the construction of elements.

Several months later, a light turned on and I understood mark in a more general sense, that of distinct personal expression or style. A determination of whether or not that is what Katherine meant will have to wait until we talk again.