mixed metal leaf, oil paint on wood
16h × 12w
framed size: 14h × 18w
Title: Towering Clouds after Ed Mell
From the Masterwork Series
This piece is a conversation — between artists, across time, through the sky.
Towering Clouds after Ed Mell emerged as I fell in love with Mell’s bold cloud forms — their geometry, their weight, their unapologetic presence. His clouds substance, while still dancing with light.
Working in metal leaf, blending is nearly impossible. There’s no feathering of paint edges to create softness, no smoothing — only edge, shape, break. That constraint made Mell’s focus on form feel like a natural companion to my materials.
I wouldn’t recreate his work. I wanted step into the frequency he captured. The bigness. The weight. The sky so full it eclipses the earth.
I shifted the format, cropped the view, and built a new palette — one rooted in what I felt from the piece, not just what I saw. The result is almost abstract at first glance. Bold, dark clouds take center stage, with warmth flaring at the edges and deep blue violet swelling in the core.
There’s hardly any clear sky. No horizon to rest on. This is a portrait of power held with lightness. A portrait of the sky becoming itself with darks and lights in color most wouldn’t believe… unless they’ve lived a desert sunset. The sky always reflecting the patterns found in the earth.
This is the Masterwork Series at its essence:
A remembering of a collective experience — expressed through a singular artist, yet connected to something far greater.
mixed metal leaf, oil paint on wood
16h × 12w
framed size: 14h × 18w
Title: Towering Clouds after Ed Mell
From the Masterwork Series
This piece is a conversation — between artists, across time, through the sky.
Towering Clouds after Ed Mell emerged as I fell in love with Mell’s bold cloud forms — their geometry, their weight, their unapologetic presence. His clouds substance, while still dancing with light.
Working in metal leaf, blending is nearly impossible. There’s no feathering of paint edges to create softness, no smoothing — only edge, shape, break. That constraint made Mell’s focus on form feel like a natural companion to my materials.
I wouldn’t recreate his work. I wanted step into the frequency he captured. The bigness. The weight. The sky so full it eclipses the earth.
I shifted the format, cropped the view, and built a new palette — one rooted in what I felt from the piece, not just what I saw. The result is almost abstract at first glance. Bold, dark clouds take center stage, with warmth flaring at the edges and deep blue violet swelling in the core.
There’s hardly any clear sky. No horizon to rest on. This is a portrait of power held with lightness. A portrait of the sky becoming itself with darks and lights in color most wouldn’t believe… unless they’ve lived a desert sunset. The sky always reflecting the patterns found in the earth.
This is the Masterwork Series at its essence:
A remembering of a collective experience — expressed through a singular artist, yet connected to something far greater.
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