My paintings are expressions of the world I inhabit, using a medium
I enjoy immensely. The commercialized world, politics, and counter
cultures are all fodder for imagery and storytelling. I create work that
reflects current social trends – from Facebook to zombie parades.
My gestural approach to the paint lends itself to visceral and colorful
subject matter - like female wrestlers and mass-produced objects.
The paintings, in oil on canvas, are created in fluid layers, with
fragments of under painting showing through the finished surface,
figures painted just enough to catch the essential gesture, character
and movement. They explore spaces occupied by almost-formed
narratives and the awkward uncertainties of in-betweens.
The backgrounds and foregrounds shift energetically as paint fields
overlap at the edges of a form, resolving into a kind of illustrative
expressionism.
I live in Asheville, NC and have been exhibiting my paintings for nearly
a decade. In 2008 I received a Regional Artist Project Grant from the
Asheville Area Arts Council, and was awarded an artist residency with
the Gil Society of Akureyri, Iceland in 2006. Currently my paintings are
on display at Atelier Gallery in downtown Asheville and Charleston SC.
I teach painting and design classes at A-B Tech Community College
and write about art for Mountain Xpress, an independent publication
located in Asheville, NC.
I enjoy immensely. The commercialized world, politics, and counter
cultures are all fodder for imagery and storytelling. I create work that
reflects current social trends – from Facebook to zombie parades.
My gestural approach to the paint lends itself to visceral and colorful
subject matter - like female wrestlers and mass-produced objects.
The paintings, in oil on canvas, are created in fluid layers, with
fragments of under painting showing through the finished surface,
figures painted just enough to catch the essential gesture, character
and movement. They explore spaces occupied by almost-formed
narratives and the awkward uncertainties of in-betweens.
The backgrounds and foregrounds shift energetically as paint fields
overlap at the edges of a form, resolving into a kind of illustrative
expressionism.
I live in Asheville, NC and have been exhibiting my paintings for nearly
a decade. In 2008 I received a Regional Artist Project Grant from the
Asheville Area Arts Council, and was awarded an artist residency with
the Gil Society of Akureyri, Iceland in 2006. Currently my paintings are
on display at Atelier Gallery in downtown Asheville and Charleston SC.
I teach painting and design classes at A-B Tech Community College
and write about art for Mountain Xpress, an independent publication
located in Asheville, NC.
