statement

Situated within the familiar iconography of commercial advertising resides a faint but residual reminder of an older art historical continuum. Conflating traditional modes of representation, oil paint, canvas, charcoal, and commercial applications such as pin striping, screen printing, and airbrush, my work aims to reconcile the copious and often contradictory accumulation of images; nineteenth century botanical illustrations commingle with pop stars and consumer products, Mannerist contortions alongside fashion editorials, Memento Mori symbols within children's cartoons. The fusion of scavenged popular iconography into fantastical hybrids further dislocates the familiar, rendering the contemporary historic. Arrangements of patterns and symmetry recall Byzantium icon painting, and like a Rorschach's test, reflect underlying tensions of our collective obsessions.

bio

born: 1972, Eugene, Oregon

education

University of Florida, MFA, 2003
University of Florida, BA, 2000

selected solo or two-person exhibits

Two Person Show, C. Emerson Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL, 2012
Deuce, Mack B Projects, Sarasota, FL, 2008
Hitting the Wall, Bettcher Gallery, Miami, FL, 2006

selected group shows

Navel Gazing, Brevard Art Museum, Melbourne, FL, 2010
S/ART/Q Invitational, Sarasota, FL, 2010
NFS, Sarasota Art Center, Sarasota, FL 2008