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STATEMENT OF WORK
“I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what didn't.”
― Albert Camus, The Stranger
The paintings each consist of a single subject centrally placed in a dark field of color. There is an emphasis on the absence of the human form, and instead an esoteric, veiled expression manifests, prompting the question: when do the swaths of paint become something?
My work is the repercussion of the depersonalization of identity, and it offers a balance between material properties and the illusionistic possibilities of painting. I avoid a direct representation of heritage and history, which results in the ambiguity of subject matter. I am constantly resisting and withholding expressions that could culturally or symbolically define me. This is often humorous because it is a sum of failings. The subjects of the paintings, derived from various source material, are vigorously trying to become a being/thing, but end up being nothing (paint) and empty. I am attempting to convey a feeling without direct representation, inviting the viewers into an uncertain and eerie landscape where things feel both real and alchemical. The discrepancy in scale between the real subject and the painted subject is an important factor to create uncertainty, alienation, eeriness, and the imaginary.