Work in Progress

Eggshell White Series

This series is meant to be tongue and cheek. I am playing with the vernacular of painting, both commercial and fine art. Eggshell white is a paint color typical used on the interior of homes. The paint comes in a variety of finishes- gloss, semi-gloss, satin, etc.

In my paintings, I use layers of different whites and crushed eggshells. The finishes will vary, similar to eggshell white house paint. However, I am using literal eggshells in the paintings to obtain the eggshell white color.

Humor is also found in reconstructing the broken eggshell into a square format rather than round format of the egg. The work is flat and surface. An egg, however, is more than a shell. The inside is filled with yolk and egg white. Also, eggs can house fetus' and growing beings. Yet, my eggshell paintings are just a surface floating of a wall.