rooted in RED: Rooted in RED exhibit

Tomorrow starts a one month show of the paintings that I did for the Rooted in RED project. These are not all of them, but these represent my journey with the pigment red ochre and other natural red pigments. I started the Rooted in RED paintings with the approach of working with the symbol. Using it in a pattern, create a look of beadwork, a craft Ojibwe people did very well. Even though I was using washes of red ochre, I wanted the main subject of the painting to be the shape. To express the triangle and the linear persuasion it holds in the paintings. As I struggled with this approach, I found myself relaxing and using portions of the Rooted in RED symbol to create an abstract though instead of giving the whole image. Once I felt satisfied with the ability to move on from the shape as the subject, I returned to red ochre pigment as the subject. I also brought in more natural red earth pigments, such as turkish red and brazilian red. Both I have used in relation to the red ochre pigment.
Below are the 5 latest paintings. I am extremely excited to see peoples inputs and reactions with this group of paintings. I will also have my studio open for viewers to take a look at what is happening right now in Rooted in RED.