Streamless 2011

Patchlyfe, 2011  20x24

Having a lot on my plate lately, from coaching to 2 jobs, numerous art shows and projects, I feel Ive patched together my time in a cohesive manner.

When studying the great artists of DeKooning, Matisse, to even Dali, these artists pieced together abstractions to balance a frame they built. As we do this in life, it is important to do it as well in art.

Every action has a counterbalance, a frame that supports it, and a historic layer of the past. My paintings consist of this. This piece I did tonight is from a canvas from when I was about 17. Tonight I tore it from its frame, stripped down its layers, and created anew. I enjoy it. Its an end to a new beginning.

Over the past few months I have been interested in the abstract of the landscape, and the ideas it can offer.  Figures tell story line, as well define land and mass. The absence of figures lets the viewer recognize the structure for as it is. I enjoy this. People occupy our everyday, and the opposite is the absence of it. 

dharma, 2011

Pieta, 2011

Fast Car, 2011