ARTIST STATEMENT
My conceptual process is rooted in art history. I integrate classical methodologies with contemporary art practices across a range of two-dimensional media. Each painting primarily uses oil, acrylic, and collage. They serve as allegories that criticize religious fallacies, the erosion of democracy, and humanity's insatiable greed.
My technical process focuses on rhythm, compartmentalized patterning, compositional balance, and the integration of media. I begin by drafting digital collages, drawing them, and rendering and re-rendering as I go. Once I feel the composition is strong, I arrange each medium in a sequence, obscuring the painted elements from the collaged ones. This process allows the materials to transform the work into something unanticipated or unimaginable.
PROCESS
My technical process focuses on the augmentation of form, compartmentalized patterning, compositional balance, and integration of media. Utilizing thousands of reference photos that I have compiled over the years, I map out compositions that are then broken down into sections of painting, drawing, and collage. I then repetitiously arrange each medium in a sequence obscuring the elements that are painted and the ones are adhered. This allows the materials to transform the work into something unanticipated or initially unimaginable. The practices of drawing, painting, and printmaking fundamentally influence how I deconstruct and re-render an orchestrated or observational reference photo to create a stylized, yet realistic, atmosphere within the context of a painting.