Paintings

I am interested in transition, liminality, and disconnects between shared reality and individual interpretation.

A windowpane functions as a site of transition. A reflection in a window is both interior and exterior together on one plane. Figures in the window paintings are in both worlds and neither. The window is both opening and barrier.

The “Security” paintings examine a lack of shared narrative by focusing on non-stories. By painting surveillance camera images, I interpret and assign significance to situations from which I am completely disconnected. An image out of context leads the viewer to construct a plot where it doesn't exist, and emphasizes that in the absence of enough information, the viewer still makes judgements.

I respect traditional figure painting, and occasionally quote directly from art history. However, my dialogue with the history of painting also is an investigation into the invention of meaning and the changing role of the painter.

Sketchbook pages

Although the use of photography has become increasingly important to my painting, more than a decade ago I stopped traveling with a camera, and travel only with a sketchbook. My sketchbooks are surrogate photo albums, journals, and an ongoing documentation project.