Turbulence

24 in x 24 in

5/2026

I was thinking of a moving propeller on an airplane” and the wind shear forces that result from its rotation when I created “Turbulence.   The grid is one of successively larger circular arcs, all laid down from a point one quarter down the length of each axis, and filled in with a palette of cool blues, greys, and off‑whites to reference air and sky.  The painting organizes around the center, with surrounding arcs and bands spiraling away from that center.  The effect is like looking into a storm system from above. Within that coolness, subtle shifts in saturation (from pale ice‑blues to blue-grays to grays) adds to the sense of motion and  atmospheric instability - this is a storm measured and mapped.  I chose to vary the painting’s surface by filling in some quadrants in flat, matte colors while others contain textured components.  Small circular dots act like rivets, sensors, or data points, emphasizing the work’s engineered quality and suggesting that the turbulence is being monitored, not merely endured.  The repetition of small squares toward the center gives the piece a fractal quality, implying that disturbance occurs at multiple scales, from microscopic to cosmic. “Turbulence” is an attempt to capture the moment when complex forces are translated into a rigorous visual language.  It can be interpreted as a metaphor for the challenges of life wherein even the most overwhelming situations can be rendered into order with logic and reason.