Initiated in 2005-present, these abstract personifications interact by way of color, conflict, attraction, action and reaction.
While working on the Iliad Series in the early 2000's, as a respite, my attention often gazed down to the palette; a much more appealing visual than war.
Envisioning each paint color as a god, soldier, friend , love, or foe, I engaged them to surround, touch, unify, dilute, segregate, and transform. Each color has purpose juxtaposed to its neighbor.
Ancient Greeks often to personify feelings and actions so that the squiggle markings, 'words', could be better comprehended.
[example: "Dawn with her rosy fingers...", "Ruin is strong and sound on her feet...", "Then Sleep the still and soft spoke..."]
Contemporary Emojis are visual personifications that invoke and project feelings.
The action of painting exerts mental, physical, psychological and spiritual energies that a gestural line can harness.

View the experimental works on paper relating to personifications.