Description
This canvas marks a major milestone in my studio—it is my very first abstract painting. Created while mapping out the visual universe for my children’s book, Wackadoodle the Poodle, this piece serves as the exact background for the moment our two main characters collide for the very first time. I wanted to translate that chaotic meeting onto the canvas, capturing that sudden rush where minds become completely scrambled, disoriented, and confused.
The composition is filled with an intense, chaotic energy. Heavy, gestural strokes of midnight black sweep across the top, wrestling against an explosion of electric yellow paths, deep teals, and fractured white highlights below. Sweeping linework and dripping paint layers cut through the atmosphere, mirroring the messy friction of two distinct worlds crossing paths. Standing as the foundational breakthrough that launched my journey into pure abstraction, this high-contrast painting holds a very powerful origin story.