Untitled 640, 2006, mixed media on canvas,12" x 24"
Untitled 632, 2006, mixed media on canvas,12" x 12"
"This new work continues my exploration into how nature and humankind coexist and clash.
Like many artists today I work in a number of different media. For the last few years I have been making videos as well as paintings. Video is created using high tech digital hardware and software and I find it very stimulating and satisfying. But, I feel that the more advanced our technology gets, the stronger the case for making non-objective paintings that exploit paints natural, low tech qualities.
The surfaces I am making are growing increasingly thick and crusty. I have developed a method of using gesso as an important painting medium, not simply as a primer. I apply it using tools that I make and avoid direct mark making by letting fluid colors move and mix and behave the way that paint does naturally.
Most of the work is horizontal in format. Many are similar to the 16:9 aspect ratio used in movies and new wide format televisions. The space is both deep and flat. Color plays a major role, but each individual painting usually consists of a limited number of colors from the same family.
Technology does play a hand in the paintings. The inspiration to do this work comes from seeing the earth from high above, seated on jets and looking at pictures that I have seen from spacecraft and satellite maps."
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