2D Studio Art - Painting and Drawing
I make paintings, drawings, stories, and experimental performances driven by my interest in corporeal presence, ambiguity, and interactive art. I am inspired by novels, cartoons, manga, comic books, and board games as well as comfortability, perception, sentiment, social practice, and interaction. I am fascinated by deviations of realistic representation, different variations of bodily forms and movement, and the process of building a narrative within a painting. There is a play between familiarity and obscurity within my work as I use coded imagery, comical word play, and abstract colors to depict recognizable forms and references.
My work explores audience engagement with different readings and interpretations of a painted image by inviting audience members to consider my work as a game of searching and guessing. Viewers participate as storytellers, decoding imagery, allegories, and meanings. Writing, painting, and drawing is an active conversation between medium and message, and between myself, the art, and the audience. Like tennis, air hockey, checkers, and many more games that revolve around the back-and-forth motion of players, my work engages in the push and pull of dialogue, conversation, discussion, and contemplation to form an engaging plot of discussion and storytelling.
"The Seeker Games", oil, oil pastel, and china marker on panel, games, script, and papier mache.
"The Seeker Games" (interactive view)
"The Seeker Games", (detail of The Seeker 03), oil, oil pastel, and china marker on panel. 24 x 28 inches
"The Seeker Games", (detail of game and game pieces), papier mache
"The Seeker Games", (detail of third game), oil, oil pastel, and china marker on panel, 11 x 11 inches
"The Seeker Games", (detail of The Seeker 01), oil, oil pastel, and china marker on panel, 12 x 12 inches
"The Seeker Games", (detail of script), ink on paper. 8 x 8 inches
"The Seeker Games", (detail of chess board), chess pieces, papier mache. 11 x 11 inches
"The Seeker Games", (detail of net)
