Based on an idiosyncratic process, my work is a reorganization of the vulgar into dynamic iterations that emphasize the strangeness of the references' origins and functions. Illogical spaces, inconsistent scales, and ambiguous transitions become the principles for paintings whose resultant erraticism belies the calculated intent of the original. 

The collaged and layered work of post-modern artists such as David Salle and Robert Heinecken serves as a conceptual point of departure.  Preparatory studies are made by  first printing appropriated images (often taken from print-media advertisements or “influencer”-type social media accounts) onto acetate transparencies, which are then projected onto a wall to be manually rotated, flipped, and re-scaled. These variations are again photographed and printed, and become the maquettes for the finished work.

I am coming to realize that this call and echo, the constant projection and recopying of my process, as well as the layered replication of the paintings themselves is both an exercise in self-preservation and an imperative for reflection. The image-riddled gauntlet of our contemporary population seeks its hosts. To destabilize, cut apart, and reassemble its progeny of highly contextualized text and images is to resist assimilation. This miasma is distillable, however, and I believe that to be painting’s essential purpose. From representation to abstraction, the expressive capabilities of the subject, medium, and mark cohere in defense of humanity, presenting at once what is, what has been, and what could be.