Biographical Information
Although I lack a formal education in
painting, a degree in design taught me
to see shapes, colors, typography and
distinct references. Life’s landscape,
on the other hand, taught me about Mexican
masks and muralism, functional graphics,
vandalism, Haitian flags, folk signage,
randomness and urbanism, all which find
their way into my work. It is through
this extensive knowledge of both popular
and primitive cultures that helps in the
creation of my pictures.
Artist
Statement
There's nothing quite as beautiful as the
unintentional. For this reason I've attempted
through the use of color, reference, placement,
and most importantly, line, to capture,
if just a fraction, of the naiveté
I see in my daily surroundings. My bright
colors and dark, brisk lines reflect moods
of small children, brush-in-hand, being
told to concentrate and stay within the
lines, by those well intentioned grade school
teachers who encouraged us all to produce
masterpieces. Tucked into my own pictures
are images associated with childhood: comics,
monsters, machines, animals and faces. My
interest in the face is evident in each
painting, where the primary visages are
wild-eyed and gripped with anger, terror,
confusion or pain. Either way, the depictions
of extreme emotive states delineate my paintings
from those of a child. Both the innocent
associations of youth and the horror of
maturation are bluntly juxtaposed, and seek
not so much to find unity in the passage
of life, but to expose its division.
Selected Exhibitions
2005 Group Show - Art Haus/Nashville TN
2005 Group Show - In The Gallery/Nashville
TN
2004 Gibson Guitar Town public works project
/ Nashville TN
2004 Group exhibit -"Miniatures"
Mark Woolley Gallery / Portland Oragon
2004 Group exhibit - Raw Arts Festival/London
England
2004 Upcoming One Man Show - Tinney Art
Dealers/Nashville TN
2003 One Man Show - Cannanball Fine Art/San
Anselmo CA
2002 One Man Show - TAG Gallery/Nashville
TN
2002 One Man Show - Roshambo Gallery/Healdsburg
CA
2002 Group Show - La Luz De Jesus Gallery/Los
Angeles CA
2000 One Man Show - IN Art Group/Salt Lake
City UT
2000 Work Featured in "Breathing Lessons"
full length feature film
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