Pursuing painting as a dissolving nebula

This report outlines important ideas that form the philosophical ground of my painting practice. First, Ideas of impermanence, detachment, interconnectedness, and equanimity are investigated through the themes of Defeat, of the Nebula, and of Barthe’s Neutral. Then, material decisions and pictorial strategies are explored and connected to these themes. This report is as much a description of the content of my work as it is a reflection on the intense experience of doing an MFA.