"LINEAGE-A TUDOR STORY "

 

In my work, I attempt to create a context for the “big picture,” or the ultimate nature of reality posed by the Kantian school, using narratives inspired by history and contemporary events involving violence, gender roles and human rights. In addition to the subjects themselves, I use the formal aspects of painting, sculpting and drawing to create a visual tension in the work. By challenging the viewer’s conventional expectations of how art should be tactically executed, I seek to create a tension in the piece that forces them to explore the context of what they are viewing.

Parts of my work are intricately painted while other sections might be left with just a line drawing. Some subjects are recognizable and “normal” in appearance, while others are indistinct and mutated. Sometimes the canvas is flat and conventional, while other times it is molded with sculpted fabric and panel. Paintings are hung off-center, and swaths of canvas are left unstretched. Taken together, these techniques create a tension between the finished and the unfinished and create suggestions of movement and space meant to transcend the media.

As Eugene Delacroix noted in his journals, “when something bores you, leave it alone. Never seek after an empty perfection. Some faults, some things which the vulgar call faults, often give vitality to a work."