The following group of paintings are part of ongoing investigation that started over 20 years ago with an individual looped line. Using an intuitive process of mark-making; the looped line contained no inherent meaning, but when multiplied the line started to tell a story of interconnection and growth. Over time the individual lines began to stack, overlap, and form organic figures. Most recently, groups of stacked looped lines exist as a structure that informs a process of layering color. Each painting is an exploration in hiding, eroding, or dissolving the structure. The structure remains, but to what extent it can be understood or witnessed varies.

James O’Meara