Whether we know someone for a season or a lifetime, we should never consider them finite. If we do, it signals a death. Personal relationships are a constantly evolving microcosm, rich with the archetypical and mythical story of the human condition. Further, these relationships are the ordering principle of our lives. Over a lifetime we may change in attitude and action, stance and gaze, yet we also seem to remain constant. Our connection to different people, groups, nature and even the cosmos may be our greatest redemption if we ever do sense the finite illusion of death.

Recently, I have incorporated silhouettes within my work as a way of exploring the relationship between tonal and hard edged imagery. The less literal form of the silhouette aids in plurality of meaning, therefore we are invited to associate personal history.

The use of a birds-eye-view perspective explores the spiritual and voyeuristic tendencies found in the act of observation. In this context, we are placed at a vantage point that is rarely accessible in everyday life. This speaks to the current trend of using digital devices as a social mitigators between the individual and group as it relates to the human condition.

My process includes additive and reductive techniques of applying paint, to create layers within the paint film that allow for multi-layered realist and abstract imagery to coexist. Applying paint using materials that carry unity through pattern (such as bubble wrap) coupled with direct brushwork allows for fragmentation, flatness and depth which give way to motion, ebullience and harmony. This directly correlates to the diversity and interconnectedness found in the micro-communities we are all part of.