The paintings in the Scherzo series explode with the energy of creation, and involve heavily atmospheric, expressive brushwork. The backgrounds are as alive as the foregrounds, evoking the Participation Mystique of ancient cultures. The greatest artist influence on these paintings comes from Franz Kline, whose black and white abstract paintings inspired me to take up painting.

The name of the series comes from classical music, where a scherzo is generally a fast, energetic movement. While working on these paintings, I listened to Anton Bruckner's symphonies a lot, particularly his Symphony #8, which are full of a similar energy to the paintings. Scherzos are also typically characterized by three beats per measure, which reminds me of the format of these paintings. They generally involve curving lines, and the number three is also a 'round' number; many of the paintings are square, and in a scherzo the quarter note or eighth note (both of which are 'square' numbers) get the beat. The paintings, exploit the complementariness and tension of square and round.

All paintings are oil on canvas. This is the first set of paintings that I have done.