Painting
Painting is definetly is the medium that I have been using the longest. Accordingly, it is the medium in which I am the most comfortable. The work presented here constitutes everything that I have done since completing my BFA.
I am perpetually in search of new venues to display my work. I am always more than happy to make a trip out to your gallery to show you examples of my work in person. If you're simply interested in buying a piece directly from me, I will be more than happy to arrange a studio visit, to show you the piece(s) of interest in person.
Artist's Statement:
My work's purpose is to give shape to shapeless things. None of it has any concrete meaning of its own. Like anything, it can mean whatever the viewer wants. I have no interest in imposing any of my own meanings upon anyone else. Essentially everything that I create is a self-portrait in the sense that I aim to accomplish nothing other than a complete expression of myself or a facet of myself, and the full indulgence of my own vision with each piece. That being said, my work's purpose is to palpably express time, weight, heat, distress, and solitude. It's drawn from my personal relationships and life experiences.
From a technical standpoint, I only work with materials pulled from the real world. I don't buy any of my materials from art supply stores. Each piece is very sculptural mixed media, generally on wood, involving any combination of house paint, spray paint, polyurethane, epoxy resin, burnt wood, various rusted metals, twine, string, yarn, duct tape, electrical tape, wire, cloth, vinyl, permanent marker, pencil, photos, and/or various found objects.
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