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"If you could say it in words, there would be no need to paint" - Edward Hopper
As Hopper said, painting is a way to express what is difficult or impossible to verbalize. This is no less true of my work. I often find myself at a loss for words trying to explain things but when painting have no difficulty expressing my ideas.
My paintings usually include several recurring elements. I paint large works often with a nude female model in an imaginary setting. Using photo references allows me to work whenever i want with out being bound to a model schedule, specific time of day, or limits of the immediate environment.
I am naturally drawn to the figure as a visual element. The model stands as the personification of the intangible. The concept and composition emerge as one through a process of sketching. When i sit to work on an idea for a painting its not forced. The idea forms using words and sketches. An idea may take many forms, be entirely transformed or even discarded in this process.
In my earlier work the images were direct allegories of my emotional life. Now the themes are more broad, but still deal with issues of personal concern including concepts of creation and creativity. What are the similarities between the idea of god as creator and everyday people who create? This line of inquiry has recently led me to think about how religions use the concept of god as a tool of power.
Born: 1982 Philadelphia, PA
Education: Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts.
Awards: The Betsy Meyer Memorial Prize 2006
William Emlen Cresson Memorial Travel Scholarship 2004
The Hobson Pitman prize 2004
Exhibitions:
"In Search of Missing Masters: The Lewis Tanner Moore
Collection Of African American Art" Woodmere Art Museum
"Communication" Solo Show, BlinkArt Gallery, September 2008
Delaware Center For Contemporary Art "Philadelphia Collects"
Works On Paper, June-September 2008
Rosenfeld Gallery New Talent Show, July 2007
BlinkArt Gallery, June 2007
Smile GalleryPhiladelphia, May 2007
The Main Line Art Center Betsy Meyer Memorial Exhibition,
“Landscape Revisited” 2006
The American College Presents “Out of The Academy,” 2006
La Colectiva Noches De Arte, Oct. 2005
Artists House Gallery Emerging Artists Exhibition 2005
Arts League, Long Island, NY “Best Of The Best” 2004
Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts Annual Student Exhibition 2003/04/05
Work included in various private collections.
"If you could say it in words, there would be no need to paint" - Edward Hopper
As Hopper said, painting is a way to express what is difficult or impossible to verbalize. This is no less true of my work. I often find myself at a loss for words trying to explain things but when painting have no difficulty expressing my ideas.
My paintings usually include several recurring elements. I paint large works often with a nude female model in an imaginary setting. Using photo references allows me to work whenever i want with out being bound to a model schedule, specific time of day, or limits of the immediate environment.
I am naturally drawn to the figure as a visual element. The model stands as the personification of the intangible. The concept and composition emerge as one through a process of sketching. When i sit to work on an idea for a painting its not forced. The idea forms using words and sketches. An idea may take many forms, be entirely transformed or even discarded in this process.
In my earlier work the images were direct allegories of my emotional life. Now the themes are more broad, but still deal with issues of personal concern including concepts of creation and creativity. What are the similarities between the idea of god as creator and everyday people who create? This line of inquiry has recently led me to think about how religions use the concept of god as a tool of power.
Born: 1982 Philadelphia, PA
Education: Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts.
Awards: The Betsy Meyer Memorial Prize 2006
William Emlen Cresson Memorial Travel Scholarship 2004
The Hobson Pitman prize 2004
Exhibitions:
"In Search of Missing Masters: The Lewis Tanner Moore
Collection Of African American Art" Woodmere Art Museum
"Communication" Solo Show, BlinkArt Gallery, September 2008
Delaware Center For Contemporary Art "Philadelphia Collects"
Works On Paper, June-September 2008
Rosenfeld Gallery New Talent Show, July 2007
BlinkArt Gallery, June 2007
Smile GalleryPhiladelphia, May 2007
The Main Line Art Center Betsy Meyer Memorial Exhibition,
“Landscape Revisited” 2006
The American College Presents “Out of The Academy,” 2006
La Colectiva Noches De Arte, Oct. 2005
Artists House Gallery Emerging Artists Exhibition 2005
Arts League, Long Island, NY “Best Of The Best” 2004
Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts Annual Student Exhibition 2003/04/05
Work included in various private collections.
