Artist Statement
Cut-out Paintings:
Seven years ago I started a series of still life paintings using paper
cut-outs as the object of study. What interested me immediately
was the duality inherent in the subject.
These are representational oil paintings and mixed media on paper
that present the cut-outs as still life objects placed on table tops,
floors, or walls. As the series has progressed the potential for a
more subjective exploration has continuously played itself out. The
house shapes are of particular interest to me because they create
multiple worlds, hermetic yet simultaneously geocentric, even
geomorphic, as their shapes reference urban/suburban dialogues or
politics on one level, and literal tectonics on an altogether formal
level; that multiple reference-switch that constantly turns on and
off is essential. I like the fact that within milliseconds
neighborhoods appear, conflicts emerge, yet silence pervades, and
folded paper returns.
My earlier work had been landscape and figure oriented. These I
continue to do on a commission basis. I have several available in inventory.
Examples of these paintings may be viewed on other websites posted by
galleries or the media.