Description
Abstract expressionism drawing inspiration from fire, an attempt to capture an instant of movement in the fleeting moment of expression that’s dictated by the nature of the medium’s unique mixing and setting process.
From the artist: “Each of these works is a taut negotiation. I set out with my vision, and then must come to terms with how the moment, the medium, and the process alters that vision. I make concessions. I guide the work to what it tells me it wants to be, using a blow torch, a palette knife, and gravity.
I find making these works then an analog for the act of living. Or akin to improvisational music. The medium and I argue. Sometimes we sing. When all is right, we find peace with one another, even as the end result often evinces tumult.”
