How would you describe your work?
Short Answer: Non-representational, small scale, and mostly oil on panel.
Long Answer: Small non-representational paintings with shapes that are suggestive of figures, entities, architectural objects, spaces; colors that are both harmonious and dissonant; surfaces that are raw, unfinished, and irreverent.
The shapes hint at vessels, heads, or structures without fully resolving into anything recognizable. I think of the shapes and forms almost like entities or beings - aliens from another dimension. I’m attracted to elements like that. Which is why I strive for a certain degree of ambiguity and uncertainty in the work. I want the paintings to remain slippery, open-ended, and alive. I’m not interested in quick readability or fixed meaning, and I try to resist stylistic unity, even though I naturally gravitate toward certain shapes, marks, and colors. I’m more interested in creating a space that allows for uncertainty, complexity, and sensation.
Color is a major part of what I do—and a lifelong obsession. I’m fascinated by the science, history, culture, and perception of color. In painting, I’m drawn to colors that are both jarring, acidic, and unexpected, as well as those that calm or can ground the work. I want both at once.
I’m always looking for combinations that shouldn’t work—but do.