NEW COLLECTION: “TWENTY YEARS” | a study of color and gesture
April 5 - June 2 | Quirk Gallery, Charlottesville VA
DITTO
55 x 48” each | oil and mixed media on canvas
SWAY
55 x 81” | oil and mixed media on linen
POCKET SQUARE
46 x 80” | oil and mixed media on linen
MUSINGS
64 x 80” | oil and mixed media on linen
LONG GAME
55 x 44” each | oil and mixed media on canvas
LEAP OF FAITH
46 x 108” | oil and mixed media on linen
SPACES
66 x 44” each | oil and mixed media on linen
BANNER
40 x 80” | oil and mixed media on canvas
STONES THROW
64 x 72” | oil and mixed media on canvas
MIDDLE GROUND
72 x 64” each | oil and mixed media on canvas
TWENTY
72 x 108” | oil and mixed media on linen
ARTIST STATEMENT
Twenty Years marks the 20th anniversary of my first solo show in 2004, held just across the street, and celebrates a full-circle moment in my career as a painter.
Over the past two decades, I have dedicated my artistic practice to the act of painting. This collection tells the story of my deeply personal process, with every stroke, splatter, and stain of paint shaping the narrative of my days. My technique is a delicate balance of spontaneity and precision, both intuitive and intentional. Tapping into creative flow, I work in the moment, pouring, scraping, and layering paint to create meditative compositions that explore the relationship between color and time.
For me, it has always been about painting–both the physicality of the mark, and the mental presence in the act of mark making. I am a process-based artist, intuitively building my canvases in reaction to the world around me. The simplicity of bold blocks of color belie many-layered, complex compositions built up over time, like living ecosystems. The resulting works are imbued with the essence of place, engaging the viewer in a collective feeling that is greater than ourselves.
This body of work is a portrait of the process I have honed over 20 years of active painting.
