In my work, I recognize the complexities that reside in all of us, our lives, and our relationships.

My subjects captivate, by reverberating between the familiar and the odd, between the beautiful and the perverse.  I present a stark reality, however sexy or unsettling. I look at the beautiful exterior of the body.  And I look deep within the body, reminding you how delicately put together your body is, by taking the body apart and showing you.

I create plausible, realistic oil paintings, rendered from direct observation of clay models and sets that I construct myself.  The paint layering technique is masterful and fresh, and the color is vibrant.  Each painting has at most five colors, three of which are always only red, yellow, and blue. The paintings deserve to be looked at in person, to be fully appreciated.

I work in series with the models, and progressively alter a model for each new painting, and arrive at a series of paintings this way, from one single manipulated model.

The body in my work is also a metaphor, for larger bodies, of people and of societies. If we mapped onto the human body, how we operate on societal levels, we would find grotesque beings being the result. The human body is a source of inspiration, for bodies of any size and complexity, to show that complex systems of independant organs, can operate in balance.

 

May 2008