I knew if I was going to die from the disease and cancer I developed, I would make a series of work that was bold and dynamic. I began this series of 10 new paintings with a six-zone grid. I then made playful shapes and innovative compositions within each zone. The zones reflected Politics, Religion, Power, Weakness, Impermanence, and Growth. I then added Mood with layers of water-based clears, almost sublimating the surface. The shapes were colored with oil paint and oil Polyurethanes.

The drawings and cosmic shapes danced with energetic color.  This wasn’t a body of work that celebrated or dwelled in death but rather explained life and celebrated living and the joy of life through the lens of creativity. – Alan Fulle