I m trying to answer the questions of being and possibility in my painting. In addition to paintings, Pax does etchings and monograms. You can t tell what a print will look like until it comes out. In a print, everything comes about in a different way than in painting, he says. When he paints, he works mostly in acrylics but has also tried his hand at oils.
Acrylics are easier to work with and less toxic.
Oil offers more possibilities, more subtle effects, he notes. Having recently had a monthlong exhibit of mixed media, Faces and Other Showings, mounted at the Worcester Public Library, he is now starting work on a series of murals for the Public Inebriate Program shelter. There will be six murals, or removable panels, for the dining room, he said. For the PIP shelter, I m trying to paint something that will bring hope to the people. Explaining that the murals won t be done until the end of the summer since he is the only one working on them, he almost self-chidingly adds, Oh, but you never really work alone.