Equation Study (Field), 18” x 26”; Oil, paintstick, wax, and alkyd on linen. 2008
Particle, 8” x 10”; Oil and alkyd on aluminum. 2009
Shoji I, 21 ¼” x 17 ½”; Oil, paintstick, wax, and alkyd on aluminum. 2009
Artist Statement
Objects can be mental states, and mental states can be physical.
Paintings are physical objects. When I make a painting I try to follow this physicality as far as I can, starting with making my own paint from pigment and thinking very specifically about the stretcher and canvas. By really following [...]
“Bear Lithia,” 2009, oil, iridescence, and gold leaf on linen, 48″x72″
“Passing,” 2009, oil on linen, 46″x74″
“Five Miles Out,” 2009, oil and gold leaf on canvas over panel, 20″x36″
Artist Statement
When I moved to Brooklyn from Virginia I started making these dark landscape paintings lit in strange ways. When I [...]
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