My paintings are a culmination of making clothes and excelling at traditional figurative painting styles in my youth, learning less conventional painting concepts and studio practices in college, and a career as a fabricator and finish carpenter.
Inspired by the environments Miro creates for his forms, and forever jealous of Turner’s ethereal landscapes, my paintings are an attempt at conveying an emotional state. I ask the viewer to see their own.
Stretching canvas on the wall with some abandon, there are no true right angles. Considering saturation, opacity, and the quality of edges, complex forms begin to hold weight in a two-dimensional environment. More time is spent contemplating moves as opposed to modeling these forms. My decisions are few, but they are deliberate.
Creating new planes of texture, the process of stitching is also a repetitive, nostalgic meditation, providing a physical connection. Puncturing a piece repeatedly, while simultaneously suturing it to more fabric is both destructive and creative. Marring a canvas to strengthen it.
Each piece finished with a custom wooden frame; each piece allotted space to breath.
Earth Tones #1, 2018 Oil on Canvas, Sapele Frame 23” 21.75”
Earth Tones #3, 2018 Oil on Canvas, Sapele Frame 22” x 18.5”
Window #8, 2019 Oil & Waxed Thread on Canvas, Oak Frame 22” x 18.5”
Green Scape, 2019 Oil on Canvas, Wax Thread Oak Frame 15.25” x 19.25”
Blue Scape #2, 2019 Oil on Canvas, Wax Thread Oak Frame 13.25” x 15.5”
Blue Scape / Red Squares, 2019 Oil on Canvas, Maple Frame 11.25”14.5”
Orange Form #2, 2019 Oil & Waxed Thread on Canvas, Oak Frame 20” x 19.5”