My inspiration and motivation for painting and art spans over two decades. People
and places around me have provided the subject and underlying
theme of my work. Capturing the moments that make us human,
feigned or real, in acrylic, pencil or photography is the passion
behind my work. Unlike anything else around us, our “social
veneer” is a purely human characteristic that no other being
possesses. Thorough my paintings I try to break through this
artificial “veneer” that is most noticeable in posed pictures.
Faces and gestures of friends and people around us transmit
a multitude of emotions, hopes and despairs; like the colors
that I lay on paper or canvas.
At times I use the photos that I have taken and add a new
dimension by emphasizing the colors, shapes and feelings
that were perceptible
and projected at that moment. I emphasize what may be
not so apparent from glancing at the picture. The viewer
feels the
life within the frozen moment.
My hope and desire has been and remains to inspire the
viewer to experience these moments through the infinite
possibilities
and beauty of a brush or pencil stroke. I wish to amplify
these realities with my sense of “unreality” or imagination
and create
a visual world for the viewer that is more than the
moment itself.
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