 | | These pieces are expressions of and or narrative depictions of what moves me in sound. I've tried to give sound to what is silent. |
 | | These represent my thoughts and observations of people (including myself). |
 | | Something about assigning human comments on animal behavior has always provided me with endless freedom and joy. Having been a huge fan of Saturday morning cartoons it was only a matter of time before I started scrambling the possibilities. |
 | | Are these visual representations of what those depicted are thinking, or what I think of those depicted? I hope both. |
 | | These are drawings that were done on the back of business cards. In a number of cases they served as inspiration for larger pictures. |
 | | my doodles are thoughts, mental wonderings and just plain drawings without any purpose. sometimes these drawings serve as an inspiration for larger works. |
 | | you might notice a few less lines and the shapes speaking for themselves. i'm slowly investigating how this furthers the expression-j |
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| Life to me is one big emotional experience.
It’s what I feel, that I relate to the most. The
joy I get from listening to a piece of music or
the pain of loss are all emotions that I am
constantly curiuos to visualize. What do these
emotions look like? How do I visually
express them honestly? For example,
depicting loss is one challange, but to express the feeling of loss is where the real
challenge lies for me. And sometimes it’s not what I feel that I want to represent, but
what I perceive my subject might feel.
All of this entails a constant self scrutiny during the process of creating. I am
constantly asking myself if I am making a picture look good as apposed to my real
intension to make it feel right. It can be too easy to rely on technique and follow the
end of my brush and losing sight of my goal. The seduction of a well executed brush
stroke that takes away from the honest intent can be an easy thing to succumb to.
Trying to maintain the... |
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