Memory and Imagination
--paintings and drawings made from memory and imagination.
Since 2015 I have made many drawings and paintings that have no immediate, external reference. Instead, these images emerge in a stream of consciousness fashion from my memory and imagination as I draw in a flow state. I usually use a sharpie, brush pen, or sumi ink to make drawings, as the fluidity and fastness of these tools mirrors the rapidity of thought involved in grasping remembered or dreamed images and actions. I draw on cheap paper, though I have used primed linen, chiffon, glass, and unstretched canvas. I use thinned oil paint on slick primed surfaces to make paintings with similar quickness.
As they accumulate, these images form a disjointed narrative with no clear beginning or end. Characters and locales recur. Beach scenes and ominous interiors are common motifs, as are infantalized women in porn scenarios, strip clubs and yoga studios.
alcoholic bedroom ink on chiffon, 2"x3" 2017.
lagoon oil on paper, 10"x13" 2016.
cam pen on paper, 11"x17" 2016.
bed ink on chiffon, 3"x2", irregular, 2019.
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Dad on a Boat ink and glue on chiffon, 60"x14" (irregular), 2017.
Ghost in Bedroom ink and glue on chiffon, 18"x12" (irregular), 2017.
Mother ink and glue on chiffon, 24"x16" (irregular), 2017.
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New Apartment ink and glue on chiffon, 36"x24" (irregular), 2017.
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Rape ink and glue on chiffon, 18"x26" (irregular), 2017.
Family Portrait ink and gesso on chiffon, 5.5"x3.5" (irregular), 2017.
Pregnant Sex ink on canvas, 3.5"x4", 2017.
marauder ink and gesso on chiffon and glass, 3"x2" (irregular), 2017.
sheriff ink and gesso on chiffon, 6"x5" (irregular), 2017.
showing ink and gesso on chiffon and glass, 6"x5" (irregular), 2017.
sisters of the stage ink and gesso on chiffon and glass, 4"x2.5" (irregular), 2017.
the joyful exhibitionist ink and gesso on chiffon and glass, 6"x5" (irregular), 2017.
Third Leg ink and glue on chiffon, 3"x2" (irregular), 2017.
to profile ink and gesso on chiffon, 1"x2" (irregular), 2017.
Crying ink and glue on chiffon, 3"x3" (irregular), 2017.
Scream ink and glue on chiffon, 2"x2" (irregular), 2017.
winter chase ink and glue on chiffon, 2"x3" (irregular), 2017.
The Lord's Prayer ink on paper, 9"x12", 2017.
dreamscape sharpie on paper, 8.5"x11", 2017.
dreamscape 2 sharpie on paper, 8.5"x11", 2017.
Einstein ink on paper, 9"x12", 2017.
Neighborhood Watch sharpie on paper, 9"x12", 2017.
neighborhood romance sharpie on paper, 8.5"x11", 2017.
neighborhood romance 2 sharpie on paper, 8.5"x11", 2017.
thanksgiving sharpie on paper, 8.5"x11", 2017.
stalker sharpie on paper, 8.5"x11", 2017.
werewolf story sharpie on paper, 8.5"x11", 2017.
bedroom window sharpie on paper, 11"x17", 2016.
kiss sharpie on paper, 11"x17", 2016.
lunch sharpie on paper, 11"x17", 2016.
obsessed with sex sharpie on paper, 11"x17", 2016.
opening sharpie on paper, 11"x17", 2016.
playing my piano sharpie on paper, 11"x17", 2016.
portrait gallery sharpie on paper, 11"x17", 2016.
studio gallery bedroom sharpie on paper, 11"x17", 2016.