I have created this page to highlight my artistic practices and inspirations, and to bring order to my thoughts so I can better articulate my intentions and their results. I will share the developments in my studio and new works, and the research that goes into creating a painting or series. Writing will help to catalog my process and highlight aspects of my life and findings that are revealed through my art. In the process, I hope to better understand my own intentions and to fully explore the philosophies that simmer in the subconscious and are borne onto my canvas. This is meant to complement my art process and enrich the technical and thematic narratives.
In that lovely paradox that only emboldens an artist, these writings are also meant to bring a sort of levity and gravity to my work. Much of my work deals with heady topics that can be challenging despite the immediate qualities of the painting.
Delusion of Reprieve has a classical immediacy and appealing grandeur that is confronted by the centering of Hermann Göring, a Nazi military leader and convicted war criminal.
Explaining the reasons behind my choices is a conscious effort to bridge the distance between audience and art while highlighting the research and intertwining influences I’ve cultivated as an artist and educator. If my art can be seen as an attempt to create a new dialogue about modes of art history and technique through a disruption of misunderstood (or worse, outdated) conventions, then my writings are an extension of that philosophy: demystify the pretensions around “difficult” art while underscoring its tapestry of inspirations.