This was my first solo show at the Chicago Art Department, Im not sure that I would have made this many paintings had the opportunity to exhibit them was not available. Knowing that I have an audience in the members of the Chicago Art Department and the Pilsen arts community…
Series six: Clothes SHIRTS SERIES I was working with a fashion designer around this time and it seemed completely logical for that to infect my work.
Series Five: Doors CLOSE-OPEN-CLOSE SERIES I think it was probably my second painting in college. It was a red door. I loved figuring out that I could paint light without using light colored paint, but by using dark. I revisit this composition regularly. I often use it as a warm…
The instructor at the Chicago Art Department hosted the first annual faculty show. I showed waxy paintings and performed a few songs.
Series Four: Zoom Machines – 2004 SUPER SIZE SERIES This series involved blowing up some of the images from the encyclopedia. My large drawing overlaid a surface composed with much smaller text. This created an effect of readability from very different viewing distances. Series Four.5: Irony Machines REMIX & TWIST…
Series Three: The Abstracts THE WINDOW SERIES These were the first large paintings from the Torn from Britannica Series. I started each painting by choosing a frame and working backwards to the painting. My primary agenda with this series was to explore positive and negative space. I wanted it to…
Series Two: Little Men- THE SOLDIER SERIES The uniform and medical illustrations were always my favorite part of my old encyclopedias. I decided that I had to at least experiment with them. These paintings are about 4 x 6 inches.