In the latter part of 2023, it dawned on me that the truly unique aspect of my artwork was the combination of traditional metal patinas with liquid metal coatings (primarily copper) and iron particles forming what I have come to call ‘rust patinas.’ Whereas these materials can be applied to nearly any surface, my goal is to create large wall pieces that have aesthetic components that are both contemporary and abstract. To that end, I have started working exclusively on canvas.. The pieces below all represent various iterations of composition, texture, color combinations and other variables. I started with smaller canvases in order to rapidly prototype concepts and ideas and use what works for the next series as I increase size. All of the materials used here are easily scalable to substantively larger canvas sizes.