The latest painting that I posted, which did not have a title, now has a title.
 

Here Comes The Son
 48x17x3 1/2”
Latex on canvas
2011

 

NEW PAINTING: RELATIONSHIP

I just got some decent images of a new painting I did about a month ago. The images are not very high res, but I believe they convey an alright display of the painting. In this piece I’m dealing with the subject of relationship: relation between the wall and the painting, and relation between the painting and the viewer. What once was an object viewed on the wall, has now entered, and shares, the space of the viewer (a band of light pink highlights where this relationship between artwork and viewer’s space takes place. A relationship that is taking place on ground level). This sends the painting into a realm of teetering identity I believe, between its objecthood and being a painting at the same time. This is a piece I would like to be seen as both object and painting; something that is indeed material and object, but is still capable of transcending its materiality through its being a painting: material with a soul. As well, it is somewhat of a declaration of its (painting) ability to exist on or off the wall. This is not to say that it has been liberated in this act, because I believe the piece’s freedom comes from its silence, but rather it is more of a display of versatility: that this isn’t what painting should be, but what it is capable of. This piece is, as I believe the rest of my work is, a transmitter for something beyond material: a silence, an “articulation of spiritual meaning,” and in this case it stands on its own, but is not autonomous.  

 

(piece not yet titled)

STILL COLLAGING: FOUND AND REFUSED

 Graced

12x15"

Mixed media

2011

(detail)

I'm still working on my collages made from scrap and refuse material. The experience is always different from painting, and the outcome is much similar. With collage I am able to move pieces around to see if they fit, which enables me to be more strategic, and helps me to make the strongest composition possible. In using these materials, I am dealing with the issue of things that have had a different life at one point, but have since been discarded, left over, abandoned, rediscovered, and given new purpose and being. What once was simply utilitarian material is now made into something more purposeful in an artistic, spiritual, and transcending sense. They are now transmitters of a message and discourse, they are objects of worth, and they have since lost any reputation of utility.

I hope to post more about the things I’m working on and thinking about in the near future, as well as some images of new work.

SCHOOLED

I will be participating in another three person show this month at Second Space in Philadelphia, along side Ben Weaver and Douglas Witmer. This will also be Second Space's 1st year anniversary at the reception on June 10th, from 6-9 PM. I am really looking forward to seeing all the work up (as well as my own work beside the other two men’s work), and the affect in which it might have collectively. I think it will be a strong show and a great experience. Please come out if you can, and enjoy refreshments and good work.

Here’s where to find it: Second Space Arts at OCMC, 900 E. Howell Street, 2nd Floor
Philadelphia, PA.

For more information, check out the Second Space Facbook page HERE.

POSTCARDS

Nostalgic Fantasies 

4x6"

Collage and latex paint

2011

 Pink & Blue

4x6"

Collage

2011

 Deep Blue

4x6"

Graphite and latex paint on cardboard

2011

Here are three 4x6" pieces that I made for submission to The Postcard Show At the Halsey. Only one was in the show: "Pink & Blue". The turnout was massive, and there were a many a postcard. It was an interesting event.

Here is a drawing/collage that I made to send to a friend of mine studying in France. It was a suprise, so now since she has recived it, I thought I would post it.

Water color and graphite on graph paper. 

7x7"