ARTIST STATEMENT
“LOST DAYS”
EXHIBITION
With this new group
of paintings, I am once again using multiple poses of the same model, thereby
creating a ‘twin effect’, or what I would call a “meta portrait. Thus, my intention is to describe BOTH one
moment and all moments – a place that is at once self-referential and
omni-referential, which is what we are, have always been, and always will be.
You will discern
figures wrapped in bedding, along with flowers, insects and ribbons – all on a
flat landscape approaching weightlessness or oneiric rarefaction. Imagine that you’ve ventured out into a void
that is a soft and inviting lake of grey brain matter with lacy edges. Jagged
bits of painful memories protrude, promising blistering welts of regret that
are ready to blossom into beautiful watery purple bruises. The subjects’ poses
appear as ritualistic, cleansing and edifying, which furthers my intention
towards describing an omnipresent experience.
Blinding pinpoints of
light stemming from my own experiences, feelings, and impressions. A body in torment and escape into the mind set
ajar. Childbirth, migraines, fevers, bed rest, and photophobia. Tossing in bed, wracked with pain. Lost hours
and days beyond time and inside one’s mind.
Dream Reification, where strange vistas open up and drift away…
INFLUENCES:
John Singer Sargent
and select other turn-of-the-century portrait painters.