The intention of my work is to give voice to the beauty and order that can exist even in the chaos that permeates our daily lives. My process reflects the content of my paintings because it begins with leftover paints from previous works that are randomly smeared across a blank canvas. From this chaotic mess springs a semblance of order as I integrate a cohesive image into these ‘schmeerings’. Many of my “Over the Under-Schmeerings” paintings utilize the mask as a metaphor for the layers of complexity that exist in any human dilemma. These masks represent the...more
