The focus of my work is the recognition and celebration of the banal and overlooked in everyday life; bricks, garbage cans, food, warehouses, sidewalks, and other common objects and places which lack their own drama. As works of art, they are acknowledged and given meaning. I hope to invite the viewer to see the ordinary around them as expressive and engaging.
I vary my materials and methods in production to avoid repetition between sets of work. This also allows me to fit the form and medium to the subject and how I want the viewer to perceive it. Primarily working in oils, watercolor, drawing, and printmaking, I build layers of values, colors, and textures to realize the image. My compositional choices are influenced by my experience as a graphic designer; clean and simple for immediate impact, yet composed to invite consideration and interpretation.
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