Playdate is a series of small abstract works that revisits and reimagines an earlier collaborative piece developed during my residency at the Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling. In that project, children were invited to co-direct a digital composition in Illustrator, making decisions about color, form, and arrangement while I guided the process. Playdate builds on that spirit of improvisation and shared authorship—but this time, the play is self-directed. These works mark a conscious return to geometric abstraction as a space of possibility, where I test the limits of color and shape to explore what emerges when intuition leads. Rendered in a defined but joyful palette, each piece balances spontaneity with structure, inviting viewers to consider abstraction as both exploration and memory.

Playdate Study No. 6 unfolds like a fan or bloom—its curved structure and sweeping arcs evoking motion, breath, or expansion. Deep jewel tones—burgundy, midnight blue, and burnt orange—are softened by pale pinks and lavender, creating a lush, moody balance. The clear acrylic overlay traces a gentle arc that pulls the eye across the surface, acting almost like a frame within a frame. A pink disc interrupts the rhythm with confident dimensionality, nodding back to the artist’s visual lexicon while also pushing further into abstraction. The result is both grounded and tender—a quietly exuberant composition that feels animated by play but resolved with intention.