Out of the Blue
Oil on Canvas
24” x 30”
2018
Heavy
Oil on Canvas
24” x 36”
2018
The High Life
Oil on Canvas
24” x 18”
2018
On the Fence
Oil on Canvas
24” x 18”
2018
“Closeout”
Oil on Panel
20” x 16"
2018
“Open Late”
Oil on Panel
9” x 12”
2018
Out Back
Oil on Panel
16” x 20”
2018
Installation View, “Reruns”
MAINSITE Contemporary Art
Norman, OK
Dec. 2018
Reruns
In these paintings, everyday Midwestern scenes are presented as dimly lit nocturnes. Using specifically mundane imagery, each painting is intended to evoke a sense of ambiguous but relatable familiarity existing at the threshold of something ending or perhaps something yet to come. These vacant scenes are reminiscent of a stage upon which the actors seem to have already left. A heavy darkness shrouds each tableau replacing the embedded optimism with a sense of unease. Furthermore, each image actually represents a crude hand-built miniature set depicted so as to create the illusion of reality. This illusion dissolves upon closer inspection when visible details such as the corrugation of the cardboard and tape become apparent, suggesting their fragility and artifice.