“Secret Meeting”, resin and shipping plastic on wood, 48.5 x 53”, 2022
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#woodart #abstractart #carvedwood
“Mistakes are the portals of discovery.”
– James Joyce
The first time I carved all the way through the wood I thought it was a mistake.
I didn’t see it as a portal at first. But now it’s all I see.
Throwback to some older carved pieces from a couple years ago. Thinking about revisiting some of these elements. To be continued…
“Wave to Otherland”, billboard tarp, plastisol, and resin on wood panel, 87x84”, 2023
“The Prestige #1”, billboard tarp, coffee filters, and resin, 28x33.5”, 2024
This is the first of its kind in two ways.
It’s the first layered piece (with separation between the inner and outer planes) that isn’t made with wood.
It’s also the first time that the composition was originated and refined by attaching different materials and then ripping them apart. The relationship between the billboard tarp and the coffee filters evolved in ways that surprised me. I really love those surprises.
This one also has a sibling (pictured in the last slide).
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#abstractartist
#contemporaryart
#repurposedart
“Feather Report #1”, used 2 tarp, coffee filter, billboard tarp, and resin, 24x24”, 2024
brick by brick, bag by bag
this is the how the layers get to know one another
#artprocess #layers #abstractart
“The Scroll Marked Four”, packing plastic, scrap aluminum ducting, billboard tarp, aluminum oxide, wood, and resin, 41x70”, 2024
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#abstractexpressionism #shadowart #layers
22 years ago, 22 year old me checked into rehab for the second time. Meth had become my drug of choice, and the master of my life. I was strung out and hadn’t slept for five days. After weighing over 245 pounds 3 years earlier, I weighed 167 pounds when the nurse checked me in. I was a shell of a human being who wanted to die and nearly had.
I have been told by some that my work has a dark and heavy feel to it. I suppose it does. My disease took me to some dark places that left some scars.
But I am much more interested in the transformation that takes place when that darkness is met with the light. When the trash becomes treasure. When the discarded leads to discovery.
If you’ve never dealt with addiction, you probably know someone who has (or still is). Maybe they’re trying to stop. Maybe they’re not. Either way, I want you to know that there is hope- no matter how hopeless it may seem.
It’s wild for me to think that I have now been in recovery for half my life. I am so grateful for a program that introduced me to a relationship with God, an amazing wife and family who love me, and friends who support me.
I am thankful for all the opportunities this silly social media thing has made possible. I’ve had real conversations about recovery that never would have been possible otherwise. It’s a true joy to play any part I can for anyone who needs help. If I can be of service in any way, please message me.
#soberartist #recovery
“The Old Fashioned Way”, feed bags, plastisol, landscaping tarp, packing plastic, and resin on MDF, 40x40”, 2024
“Shoots and Ladders”, stream trash, hay bale netting, printer cleaning roller, plastisol, packing plastic, used coffee filters, and resin, 40x40”, 2024
part of “That Which Remains”, my solo exhibition on view through the end of April at @anothergallery.denver.
“A Believable Story”, shipping crate veneer, packing plastic, assorted stream trash, and resin on tarp, 48x72”, 2024
Currently on view and available through @anothergallery.denver
“The Scroll Marked Two”, packing plastic, billboard tarp, and resin, 28x56”
On view and available through @anothergallery.denver
“Feather Report #1”, found landscaping fabric, found tarp, coffee filter, billboard tarp, and resin, 24x24”, 2024
I love the way these discarded materials carry the scars of the life they lived before. One could guess what might have happened before, how the marks were made.
I’m also interested in what they can tell us now.
I want to piece together scraps and clues with completely different backstories into the same scene. Some marks were made before, some were made by me. It really doesn’t matter which is which.
I want the old and the new to blend into its own thing, a new thing- better because of what they went through before and different because they’re together now.
From the “That Which Remains” collection, currently on view and available through @anothergallery.denver
#abstractartwork #repurposedart #texture
coffee filter clues
“The Scroll Marked Three”, used coffee filters, rust, billboard tarp, used shipping plastic, and resin, 38x55”
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#artprocess #abstract #repurposedart
“Attic Chorus”, coroplast, plastisol, aluminum oxide, and resin on MDF, 25.5x25.5”, 2024
From the “That Which Remains” collection, currently on view @anothergallery.denver.
#newartwork #texturedart #abstractart
“White Flag”, printer cleaning roller, billboard tarp, packing plastic, landscaping tarp, and resin on MDF, 24x24”, 2024
This is the first piece of its kind. I’ve long been experimenting with the marks and textures created during the reductive phases of my process. Exploring what’s left behind after ripping, carving, torching, and tearing the layers above to expose what was previously hidden.
From the “That Which Remains” collection, on view now through the end of April @anothergallery.denver
#newart #abstractart #texturepainting
ch ch ch changes…
“The Scroll Marked Four”, packing plastic, scrap aluminum ducting, billboard tarp, aluminum oxide, wood, and resin, 41x70”, 2024
#newartwork #layeredart #abstractartwork