Out my window I see the fog rolling in and out most days. On September 18th, 2021 Christo and Jeanne Claude mounted a posthumous wrapping of L’Arc de Triomphe in Paris. I saw an interview with the project manager on the site. He discussed the Christos L’Arc Project; he talked about what is revealed when it is wrapped and then what is revealed when the wrappings are removed. I was making my fog paintings at this time. The first one was started in early 2021. What he said resonated. I was exploring how landscape is hidden and revealed through the veil of fog. Every day is different in San Francisco’s marine layer. So much of our habitat here relies on it.
Now, wherever I am, I watch and see how fog moves; veiling, covering and uncovering the landscape and continue to record these perceptions in my paintings.