Paintings
Statement, 2017
MY EXECUTION IS BELABORED AND NAIVE, BUT NONETHELESS DELIBERATE. CLUNKINESS AND PROVISIONALITY ARE MY CRITICAL METHODS, BECAUSE THEY UNDERMINE THE SLICKNESS OF DIGITAL RENDERING. MARK MAKING IS MANUAL LABOR. A GESTURE SHOULD BE BOTH AN OBSTRUCTION AND A SPATIAL LANDMARK. ANY GIVEN COLOR OR SHAPE MIGHT SLIP BETWEEN FOREGROUND AND DEEP SPACE, SOMETHING VAGUE THAT'S CONGEALED IN THE ACT OF BECOMING LITERAL. I AM NOT ABOVE USING CHEAP TRICKS OR GIMMICKS TO SHOW THIS. YOU WALK BY A STRANGER ON THE STREET. THE SMELL OF THEIR PERFUME IS FAMILIAR BUT UNPLACEABLE, AND LINGERS CLOYINGLY IN THE DISPLACED AIR. IT'S NOT UNTIL HOURS LATER THAT YOU REMEMBER WHAT IT REMINDS YOU OF.
