Profiles

Paint Scrapings, Acrylic Paint and Glossy Spray on Masonite and Canvas Board

February 2011

Working in a collective can be a very useful tool during experimentation. I gather dried paint scrapings from others' palettes and make works that cannot exist without other artists' painting practice.  The paint scrapings have the physicality of skin and allow me to dramatize the undertones of skin pigments. 

Communication, 2011

Acrylic on canvas

January 2011

This painting symbolizes the relationships of today. First with the invention of the telephone, to texting, MSN Messenger and Facebook, face-to-face communication no longer exists as it once was. We seem to believe that relationships over a screen are viable and true. Yet what is missing is the emotion and expression of speaking to someone in person. This painting dramatizes the lack of face-to-face communication as a call for help.