Wish, 2010

Call it a Dream

Sometimes you come across a moment and have to photograph it. It may be nothing at the time, but something to you, something questionable you take in. It's the way things fall, the way things be. The natural landscape does that, when you realize there may be nothing natural about it.

 

 

                                     

Madrone Craft Bar Pop Up

Come check out some of my new work @ Madrone Art bar this Sunday. Ill be selling prints, paintings, and more. Drink specials, awesome art, dont miss it! Contact me with any questions.  http://www.sfweekly.com/events/madrone-craft-bar-pop-up-shop-2250154/

Transit, 2010

Young, 2010

Getting lost in the urban clutter can get to you, and lately I have been fascinated with the blankness of the landscape. It clears the mind, brings the truth, and captures the composition that is needed to move.

Forks

Revolution, 2010

There are many surprises in photography, and it's not in the photograph itself...but its how it makes you stop and think.

I was reading through my Guatemala journals tonight. This photograph I recently took reminds me of something that was static in my writings. Its about choices, actions, and the push and pull we have in this world. I find that the idea of having a choice on what direction to take, is a gift in itself.


There is a continuous tug we have, with each other, and with what is given to us. Its amazing how moments can pass us by without taking a stab at it.

Matter, 2010

Half Acre

Boom Box, 2010

Land plays such a large part of our being, and to photograph it can be hard. It's easy to shoot, but it can be difficult to convey the feeling of the weather.

My work room has become a mind mess lately--- old journals, post its, paintings, books,...... going through this can actually be fun. You start to recall your past, your thought process, and your now. What we surround ourselves with is actually a lot more than its presence.

When I think of this, I am inspired by Eliasson and his theories. The use of land, our actions, our being creates what is around us and develops the end result.

LoveRust , 2010 

Ah, surprises. There is nothing better than finding a space that fills a void you never knew existed. 

I have recently lost all of my photos... everything. And, to prepare for a gallery show now in the making is a difficult task.  What I found was a blessing in disguise..and a narrator in myself that I never knew. It has made me research my past, come across a new space, and make room for an ending that has just begun. 

Octoberland

Nothing in this universe is hidden. Simplicity is the answer to the complexity that we have introduced.

When I photograph, I realize I enjoy the simplicity of it. I'm reminded of my yoga training, the symmetry, the eye. There is nothing more beautiful than a meditative space, and Octoberland was just that.

Stage, 2010

American Beauty, 2010

Tedda Hughes Gallery Show

Come check out some of my work now on show at the Tedda Hughes Gallery in SF.  For those in the bay area, stop by and say hi at the opening reception, this Sat. 7-10!

Lately I have been thinking about spaces, the natural vs man made, and the similar motions made. What is the pull that they have between one another. Which one holds the positive charge.... or do they each balance out the other. Are opposites in fact compliments.

Hem, 2010

 New Born, 2010

Rose, 2010

 

  Becquerel, 2010

In the late afternoon rush, I start to wonder about short lived moments.  How do I capture it, how do I challenge myself, the viewer, the meaning.  You put that last cigarette out and determine how to get your next fix. Many things happen proportionally, many things happen randomly.  What can you factor in to be predicted. 

My work, at its best, happens randomly and many times it reminds me of a waterfall. It can generate a process, be a beautiful phenomena, or be the simple element that becomes your being.

chains of gold

Harvest, 2008

Familiar substances become attracted to one another, its a gravitational pull, and it creates something that continues to move. A positive charge, creates a postitive charge.

                                                      Beats, 2009

Sometimes, this pull can take place between you and a work of art.  It connects you to a feeling, it conects you to a photograph, and it connects you to your past. We become the fourth dimention.

Silver, 2010

the beautiful

peter pan, 2010

stars, 2010

                                                  america, 2010

Firewood

Static, 2010

                                            

Cello Suite No. 1 , 2010 

Playing with opposing views while photographing is fun, and its also interesting on what subject matter you can use. I have always had a fascination with junk....because I'm unsure if there is such a thing. Its like the concept of absurdity, and I'm attracted to it.

                                          

           

Dream 2010

Maybe it is like Picasso said, " The world does not make sense, so why paint pictures that do. "

Still Life, 2010

  " A portrait is not a likeness. The moment an emotion or fact is transformed into a photograph it is no longer a fact but an opinion. There is no such thing as inaccuracy in a photograph. All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth." - Richard Avedon

Back to Basics

Searching through some archives this weekend, I came across many of my old works that are attached. I used to have a systemized way of going about things. Drawn out, using tools that are accustomed to its space....everything had a mathematical reason for being there.

I now paint with my hands , body....on huge canvases or wood....rarely I approach it with a ruler. I realize after looking at these, that I miss the days of shading and drawing. Preciseness actually may take more genius than abstraction.

I think it will be interesting, to merge a planned space, such as architecture, with the spontaneity of expression. William Kentridge stated, regarding his drawings, “The drawings don’t start with ‘a beautiful mark’. It has to be a mark of something out there in the world. It doesn’t have to be an accurate drawing, but it has to stand for an observation, not something that is abstract, like an emotion.” I hope that in my next painting series, I can go back to the tool of observation, and merge these two spaces into one.

Sun and Rain

I recently photographed the village of Kalapana which was destroyed by Kilauea in the 90s. The village still remains with few residents and homes are up for sale. In contrast, it is a beautiful disturbing site. It questions permanence of what we have, and how easily nature can disrupt. Sometimes the presence of nothing can speak the world of everything.

On Vacation

Currently I am away exploring the Hawaiian Islands. Just arrived and more to come. :)

Tourist,  2010

Chess, 2010

 

Recess, 2010

Gerhard Richter stated it perfectly, " I want to leave everything as it is. I therefore neither plan nor invent; I add nothing and omit nothing. At the same time, I know that I inevitably shall plan, invent, alter, make and manipulate. But I don't know that."

Knowing that you dont know, is probably one of the greatest things to remember. While painting today, I left room for disappointment. By letting the weight of error go, you leave a lot more room for better things to come.

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