Illusion Of Land
These new works are inspired by a series of strange dreams I had during a transitional time in my life, my move from Virginia to New York. They are about the landscapes and maps in my head that linger between reality and the ambiguity of the dream world that I experienced during this evolutionary time. This work pays homage to the landscapes in Virginia and the sea that meets Virginia to the east. My process in these works is intuitively placing thick mixed acrylic paint on the panel with a larger paintbrush, then adding layers of water on top to create a sense of flow within the colors of the foreground and background. Once paint is applied, I draw and write on the surface. I use acrylic due to its quick drying time, during the work sessions, I work quickly and rapidly and will draw while the paint is still wet. Because of the quick, rapid relationship I have with putting these marks and strokes on the panels, there are a collection of older strokes underneath to justice the work's depth and atmosphere.
Organ & Bone
My work has always been about the fragility of our body and soul. My work depicts how our bodies are only a small barrier between the outside arena and the internal coliseum of our minds. The human body is a temple, ready to protect us from the weather as well as ready to completely fall apart from the pain. I use layers and layers of soft colors to breathe life and flesh into my work as well as mix harsh, beating lines of graphite to create a sense of structure and form. I use scribbles and writing to represent a sense of humanistic presence in my work to justify its abstraction. I want my work to be beautiful to represent the ethereal temple of our mind and body, yet completely disgusting and grime to show how dirty and undesirable our humanistic self can sometimes be.
Scrolls 2012-2013
My drawings are inspired by the unconscious mark, the type of line that lingers between writing and drawing. The process I use is one of creating a number of drawings in different sizes and media and layering them together into a larger piece. In these drawings I use a variety of materials including watercolor, gesso, graphite and charcoal to create lush surfaces. I would like the viewer to get a sense of time and evolution through my process of layering old drawings on top of new. This body of work celebrates the beauty of mark making.
These new works are inspired by a series of strange dreams I had during a transitional time in my life, my move from Virginia to New York. They are about the landscapes and maps in my head that linger between reality and the ambiguity of the dream world that I experienced during this evolutionary time. This work pays homage to the landscapes in Virginia and the sea that meets Virginia to the east. My process in these works is intuitively placing thick mixed acrylic paint on the panel with a larger paintbrush, then adding layers of water on top to create a sense of flow within the colors of the foreground and background. Once paint is applied, I draw and write on the surface. I use acrylic due to its quick drying time, during the work sessions, I work quickly and rapidly and will draw while the paint is still wet. Because of the quick, rapid relationship I have with putting these marks and strokes on the panels, there are a collection of older strokes underneath to justice the work's depth and atmosphere.
Organ & Bone
My work has always been about the fragility of our body and soul. My work depicts how our bodies are only a small barrier between the outside arena and the internal coliseum of our minds. The human body is a temple, ready to protect us from the weather as well as ready to completely fall apart from the pain. I use layers and layers of soft colors to breathe life and flesh into my work as well as mix harsh, beating lines of graphite to create a sense of structure and form. I use scribbles and writing to represent a sense of humanistic presence in my work to justify its abstraction. I want my work to be beautiful to represent the ethereal temple of our mind and body, yet completely disgusting and grime to show how dirty and undesirable our humanistic self can sometimes be.
Scrolls 2012-2013
My drawings are inspired by the unconscious mark, the type of line that lingers between writing and drawing. The process I use is one of creating a number of drawings in different sizes and media and layering them together into a larger piece. In these drawings I use a variety of materials including watercolor, gesso, graphite and charcoal to create lush surfaces. I would like the viewer to get a sense of time and evolution through my process of layering old drawings on top of new. This body of work celebrates the beauty of mark making.