Statement | Exhibitions | Press Release
Art has the ability to reconsider the everyday, to hone the normal until it becomes abnormal, maybe something remarkable. Every medium has its strengths and weaknesses in this task. I've chosen painting because I enjoy the process of making things, of using my hands. But more importantly I enjoy working within the boundaries of the material on a 2-dimensional surface, to push the medium, to see what it is and is not capable of conveying. I paint ordinary experiences touched by something strange. Glitches, coincidences, things that are just slightly off, those anomalies that are part of life, but seldom noticed. These occurrences that may come from history, imagination, or electrical interference, their origin is unimportant, what is important is their ability to cast new light on reality. In my work I use specific places to impart these ideas. They are the framework that I test my abilities and the possibilities of paint against. In using these places and events I hope to be able to honor them by creating a language with the paint to be able to transform them into a metaphorical experience. Biography Born Naperville Illinois 1978 Lived in Geneva Switzerland 1988-1997 Attended The Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore Maryland 1997-2001 Purchased and renovated a house outside of Austin Texas 2001-2005 Currently lives in Bridgeport Connecticut Education
Bibliography “’Emergency’ Call” by Philip Eliasoph, Connecticut Post, May 1st 2005, p. G1 “Bridgeport artists make the cut for prestigious Ridgefield show” by Phyllis Boros, Connecticut Post, November13 2005, p. F 1 Radius Exhibition Catalogue, by Jessica Hough, curator Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art |
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