Vigil

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Vigil

Vigil is a series of figurative paintings in which I explore the tension between the figure and it’s environment. The ongoing series features women who are caretakers in motherhood and on the farm. The compositions are designed to create create both an opposition and a harmony. I’m looking to find a strong and resilient yet delicate and intimate timeless grace. Please keep checking back to see the new paintings as they unfold.

Open, Closed and Away

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Open, Closed and Away

I am interested, above all, in people and in the manners in which we communicate, express, and develop meaning.  As an artist I find inspiration in gesture and in the subtle variations of facial expressions.  These works are life-sized, detailed paintings on aluminum that explore how these subtle changes of gesture, expression, and context serve to develop mood and narrative.  I am deeply interested in understanding the manners by which we connect to other people through gaze and expression.

“Open, Away, and Closed”, consists of paintings of people recumbent in three different types of environments: outdoors, within nature; in interior, man-made spaces; in indeterminate spaces consisting of solid color.