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“My images, my paintings, unify abstraction and narration, first
losing and then closing in on forms that speak of mythological archetypes.
They connect with viewers through shared, deep memory. My shapes and lines dig into the human experience and allow for a visual representation of our lives and journeys. The work pulls viewers into themselves and plunges all into a world of arche- types, intuitions, and allegory.
“Humans need mystery, a fertile void, to discover both universal and personal truths. This idea lies beneath my work. My paint- ings are abstractions hanging on the verge of a narrative, constantly plying a deep space in which archetypes seek form through shapes and lines. I bring myth to my canvases to explore our modern world. The viewer is integral to my images as we both, together, survey the human experience through the art I’m privileged to place in front of them.
“I typically work in series with multiple paintings in progress at once. I use mostly oil paint, but also water-based materials, and I work on cradled panels hanging directly on walls. My palette is a glass-topped table, which rolls with me from canvas to canvas. Often, my finished work peers through layered glazes and vela- tura. In this way and within this environment, I am able to allow my ideas and intuitions to find form.”
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