This series was the assignment I gave myself upon moving to Oakland from Humboldt County. It sprouts from a work entitled Hephm from the Trans-port series. There were successes in the compositional format of Hephm that I wanted to further explore and elaborate on. The vast amounts of time spent working in schools during the p(pi) series had an inspirational effect as well.

     These works were all done in an assembly-line fashion. Each aspect and layer of these works was done at the same time (i.e. all background colors painted, all animals outlined, etc.). This made each painting more part of a whole work, and kept the developmennts of each individual piece on a level playing field.

     The result was a set of paintings that work together as a visual aid. Gamut illustrates the elements of our written language. They are both sincere and edgy while retaining an elementary sense of playfulness. A to Z, a formula thoroughly explored. An exercise in expressing individualism while still adhering to strict guidelines.