To know my work, know that I know what I do. Every mark is there for a reason, exactly as it is. I describe the world as I feel it and as I understand it rationally, in broad strokes. To find the lexicon of my work, look through the filter of modern painting to the [...]
Green Form (detail)
Red Plastic Form
GardenScape
Yellow Growth from Grid
AirConGreenCircle
Artist Statement
Generally my work is about integrating disparate elements, creating unlikely relationships and new meaning to appropriated objects and industrial materials.
Plastic Construction Series:
This series is comprised of blending pre-existing [...]
The subjects should be seen in the larger context of dislocation and cultural hybridization. Living in New York City, I am a witness to the arrival of immigrants, and the human panorama of people of diverse cultures going about their daily lives. I have tried to dream their lives.
The collision and the intermingling of [...]
Statement
The desire to capture space, time, emotion and experience cannot be fully realized on canvas. As a result my works are suggestive rather than representational.
Through my painting process I create a unique pictorial vocabulary— using color to impart a strong emotional charge.
The way in which the paintings are made varies considerably [...]
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