STATEMENT
Paintings are never really done. They have to be torn down and built back up again. Through this process the canvas becomes a living thing with ancestors that provide the base, bulkiness and story. I have been painting for over 20 years, and it can take a long time for those stories to fully emerge and take shape.
Abstract work usually has to come from somewhere, otherwise it’s just a fun, visually appealing mess of paint. The themes in my work come from a range of experiences. Clasp, from the ugliness of Charlottesville in 2017. Aquine, from the desire for balance and symmetry. Risen has an almost primordial feel – there are a lot of other paintings underneath the final surface and the canvas itself is ancient. Dueling Profiles drew inspiration from my travels across South Asia and Tangine is the second in an ongoing series about the ocean.
PAST EXHIBITIONS
Plus One, Group Exhibition
March 2018
99 Madison Avenue, 8th floor
New York, NY 10016
5015 Connecticut Ave NW, downstairs
Washington DC
Public Reception: Friday, March 2nd
On view through March 11th, 2018