I have included a selection of my recent work here. Roll your cursor over each thumbnail to see the full image and information about the piece. If you would like to see more, you can also visit my Etsy shop, or have a look at my Flickr art set.
[HOUSE PAINTINGS]
Disappointments and shortcomings are at the heart of the human experience. Through the decaying bodies of abandoned and neglected houses, I am reconstructing a collective past and those events that occurred within it—real or imagined, dreamed of or heard about. It's an exploration that is at once intimate and universal. Many of us have experienced a house's power over the the way we construct and inhabit our daily lives.
Woven into simple visual narratives, an infusion of nostalgia, confusion, and longing helps to extrapolate a story from morsels of truth—so that it might become something else entirely. I see beauty in these houses where others see blight. In my paintings, I reveal the currents that still run through them as residue of the past.
Ghost (1), Acrylic and pencil on paper, 11" x 14", 2010.
Ghost (2), Acrylic and pencil on wood, 3" x 4", 2010.
Include Me Out, Acrylic, oil, and pencil on wood, 18" x 18", 2009.
6801 Maple Rd., Acrylic on Canvas, 48" x 60", 2009.
When We Dream, We Travel through Time and Space, Acrylic on canvas, 18" x 24", 2009.
A Supposed Day Like Any Other, Acrylic on canvas, 10" x 24", 2009.
My Wandering Days Are Over, Acrylic on canvas, 12" x 18", 2009.
South 626 Four Rod Rd., Oct. 1974, Acrylic on canvas, 40" x 48", 2009.
Untitled, Acrylic on canvas, 2009.
Little Red, Acrylic on canvas, 2009.
The Things We Lost, Acrylic on canvas, 2009.
[MIXED MEDIA—COLLAGE]
This body of work acts as a diary of sorts. I rifle through piles of papers and ephemera that's collected on my work table over years and years—a literal explosion of it which inspires me to play and not take myself too seriously all the time. As I grab this piece and that, dab a brush in a brightly-colored squirt of paint, I let my mind wander. Snippets of phrases, memories, and even song lyrics inform this "work", and give the viewer a peek into my quite literal inner workings.
Heart & Lungs, Knees & Toes, Mixed media on paper, 16.5" x 10.5", 2008.
Don't Settle, Mixed media on wood, 7.5" x 5.5", 2008.
Franco Nero, Mixed media on wood, 7.5" x 5.5", 2008.
1972, Mixed media on wood, 7.5" x 5.5", 2008.
Escape Plan, Mixed media, 9.25" x 7.25", 2008.
Trouble in the Underworld, Mixed media, 9.25" x 7.25", 2009.
U-Men, Mixed media on paper, 10.25" x 9", 2009.
Miss Goetz, Mixed media on paper, 16.75" x 13.5", 2008.
Insomnia, Mixed media on paper, 14.25" x 15.5", 2008.
Highway to Hell, Mixed media on paper, 11.25" x 9.25", 2009.
[FIGURATIVE PAINTING]
I consider my roots to be in figurative painting and find the human figure and face endlessly fascinating. I try to capture not only a moment, but a backstory, whether it is based in fact, or is entirely fabricated.
Lady Godiva's Operation, Acrylic on canvas, 30" x 42", 2008.
Hot, Acrylic on canvas, 24" x 22", 2008.
The Dumpster Incident, Oil on canvas, 60" x 48", 2007.
Gertrude & Francis, Oil on canvas, 48" x 60", 2007.
The Dress, Oil on canvas, 42" x 30", 1998.
Testaceous, with feeling, Oil and colored pencil on canvas, 60" x 48", 2007.
Two Questions, Oil and colored pencil on canvas, 18" x 12", 2007.
Drop, Oil and colored pencil on wood panel, 26" x 20", 2007.
Opera, Oil and colored pencil on canvas, 24" x 20", 2006.
People Can Smell Desperation, Mixed media, Dimensions variable, 2006.