1980–1982
A series built on the technical and formal innovations of the Terra Firma paintings, using thick oil applied with a paint roller refill and improvised as each work progressed. The canvases read simultaneously as aerial maps and cellular strata.

oil on canvas, 5′ x 5.5′, 1981

oil on canvas, 5′ x 6′, 1981

oil on canvas, 5′ x 6′, 1981

oil on canvas, 55″ x 72″, 1980

painted the night of John Lennon’s death, acrylic on canvas, 4′ x 5′, 1980

oil on canvas, 5′ x 6′, 1981

oil on canvas, 5.5′ x 6.5′, 1981

oil on canvas, 5.5′ x 6′, 1982

acrylic on canvas, 5′ x 6′, 1981

mixed media on paper, 24″ x 30″, 1981