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All Stars Oil and Acrylic on Panel 24x24 (in) 2021 $550 |
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The Land Before Ladders Oil and Acrylic on Panel 24x18 (in) 2021 $475 |
Golden Age
Oil and Acrylic on Panel
24x18 (in)
2021
$475
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I returned to the area in 2017 to teach at Middlesex Middle School and I find that working with students in the classroom is constantly informing my own art practice. Additionally contrary to popular belief, I’m convinced that middle schoolers are the most fascinating, fun, and entertaining group of humans on the planet In my work I strive to find balance between the contradictory elements and practices of art that I am drawn to the most. I’m continually looking to balance abstraction and realism, impulse and intention, as well as freedom and control. When I begin a piece I have a desperate need to see instant progress. I start each painting by mixing up a range of colors and covering each surface with them. Initial marks are fluid and intuitive and become more deliberate over time. Next I impose a grid onto the entire surface to bring more structure to the piece. These steps of building a surface are as important to me as the rendering of the object that is painted on the surface. The final portion of each work is the most challenging for me, the waiting, the looking, the small moves to marry the background with the subject, to deepen shadows and brighten highlights. These crucial last moments with a work feel like trudging through mud compared to the first marks but are equally, if not more, rewarding.
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