I find cause for the purpose in the work to be on the path of continuing to grow and learn and create. We have certain phases as artists where it all just elevates in a chemical amoebic shift into that thing that sets the tone for the next phase, and then we continue, we grow and we hunker down into that trench or current where it all builds again. I have learned so much about my own spirit and mind in the last few years, and the questions, some of the isolation of moments, some of the deep sense of connection of moments, a sense of the subtle pause with which I have approached so much of my own personal art making and growth has lent itself to an almost nostalgic, melancholy, sometimes grim palette. I look forward to letting the questions that were unearthed in this process grow brightly again, to getting my hands good and mucked up with materials, to letting realistic drawing meeting guttural abstract painting to meeting strange esoteric drawings become a guide. I am going to curate a selection of images of mine from the last 8 years, for my own purposes to see, nakedly, how they interact with one another. I hope you enjoy the conversation.
Strike Down Upon Thee, 3’x4’, Mixed Media on Wood Panel, 2014
Porch Lights Glow (Visible Time Study) 40”x30”, Mixed Media on Wood Panel, 2019
Ben Grimm Feels, 22”x15”, Mixed Media on Paper, 2018
Chicken Hawk Dive, 8’x4’, Mixed Media on Wood Panel, 2013
Grow Baby Grow (Ritual of Ruin), 30”x22”, Mixed Media on Paper, 2015
Today We Rise, Size N/A, Found Wood Installation Piece, 2011
The Story of Life, 26”x28”, Mixed Media on Found Wood, 2016
The Moment Just Before They Go Charging Forward To Affect Their Righteous Force, 4’x5’, Graphite on Found Drywall, 2019
Southern Time, 40”x30”, Mixed Media on Wood Panel, 2019
The City My Backyard, 5’x5’, Mixed Media on Found Wood Assemblage Panel, 2018