Raymond L. Haywood

When I began this body of small paintings on wood panels I was not consciously aware of what the outcome would present. I have been focused on weathered, vibrantly colorful abstract expressionist landscapes for the past five years. In the dialogue of painter and paintings I realized the next phase was to explore the details that kept speaking to me in distinct areas of my of largest works.

The title Ascension, was derived from the transcendent and meditative states that I experience lost in the genres of “action painting” and “abstract expressionist” painting styles.

My energetic painting processes evolved as an intellectual pursuit intimately connected with the science of color, and color theory. I use color intuitively, as the tool to balance aspects of value, chroma and hue in the final compositions.

My paintings represent a symbiotic vocabulary of symbols and gestures inviting my viewer to visually experience my unique painting practice. Improvisation and experimentation define the dynamic and yet simple atmospheric paintings that result.


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