This is a sample of a series that I have been working on since 2008. My recent paintings are largely a continuation of the issues I was dealing with in my previous work. I feel like I’m basically just taking those issues to another level. I use arcadian images of gardens and forests as arenas for an intuitive exploration of what I think of as specifically painterly content, and try to create a visual euphoria particular to painting. I’ve always allowed my painting to grow into whatever shape it wants, and while there’s a strong art historical precedent to the practice of painting elaborately dressed figures in gardens and forests, it’s also organic to the direction my work is headed.
2013/ 33″x38″/ oil on inlaid panel
2013/ 20″x16″/ oil on inlaid panel
2005/ 10″x10″/ oil on inlaid panel
2008/ 10″x10″/ oil on inlaid panel
2008/ 21″x40″/ oil on panel
2009/ 38″x26″/ oil on inlaid panel
2012/ 21″x21″/ oil on inlaid panel
2007/ 20″x16″/ oil on panel
2009/ 28″x16″/ oil on inlaid panel
2009/ 26″x26″/ oil on inlaid panel
2012/ 36″x33″/ oil on inlaid panel
2008/ 20″x10″/ oil on inlaid panel
2009/ 7.75″x9.75″/ oil on inlaid panel
2009/ 20″x16″/ oil on inlaid panel
2011/ 16″x20″/ oil on inlaid panel
2011/ 40″x24″/ oil on inlaid panel
