| ABOUT THE ARTWORK | |||
The subjects in my most recent series of paintings are at leisure. The scenes hint at the gold age of man, when humanity was freer from toil and urgency. The light and rich color eschew the clinical, highly intellectualized and cold allusion-laden tropes that come out of the gray hubs of the world in favor of pervading warmth. Being with our intentional communities often removes us from the rushing and attention-diverting conditions of modern existence. Friendship seems to take on the dimension of the gold age of man. My process includes both additive and reductive techniques of applying paint, to create layers within the paint film that allow for multi-layered realist and abstract representations to coexist. Most recently, I have been applying paint using materials that carry unity through pattern, such as wire mesh and bubble wrap, in combination with direct brushwork. By nature, the reductive process deepens discovery on the canvas because the results tend to be less predictable than the additive process. The layers of paint appear in discretely ordered beads that vary in tone and opacity, suggesting flatness giving way to motion, ebullience and harmony. This directly correlates to the diversity and interconnectedness of micro-communities. The paintings from above explore the spiritual and voyeuristic tendencies found in the act of observation for both subject and viewer. The viewer is placed at a vantage point that is rarely accessible in every day life, but one that we always seem to wish we could experience. 7/2008 |
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