Saccades XII A169981 The pearl has a silicon

The pearl has a silicon insert allowing it to come off the end of the 14k wire

off the coast of Maine

is made from solid velvet that is stenciled with a paste that removes some rayon pile and leaves the silk backing intact

Each panel measures 36"h

Saccades XII A169981 The pearl has a siliconIt's good to have a number of paintings going in the studio to work with. In this 12th Saccade, a very textural painting developed because Ken worked over another oil from 4 5 years ago. The heavy impasto that resulted took him back to those Monet works. It was a joy to create a forest with all of that ready made texture. The purpose of the Saccades is to create a painting without a singular point of interest. Doing so presents a number of problems,