Booth 615
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About the Artist
I work primarily in fresco and encaustic mediums, sometimes combining multiple techniques in creating my abstract and often minimal paintings. The focus of my work is to fragment the space in myriad ways with texture and line as the primary tools along with simple elements of pattern, shape and color. I am interested in the interplay between what nature has created, and what man creates in organic environments. Thus, randomness plays as important an element as control. My work is very process oriented. I am fascinated by surface and texture and led by things that appear in the process. I am not afraid to push the boundaries of the mediums and am excited by the potential conflicts that arise.
THE FRESCO is specifically designed to receive wash in a very particular way. My new paintings are built upon plastered surfaces that are roughly textured and highly absorbent. Layers of water-based transparent color are built up to create varying degrees of densities and tonalities, which have a diffuse or smoky presence. The result is a field of softly out-of-focus marks that suggest the light partially shrouded in mist and fog. These areas are contrasted with parts that are tightly focused and highly textured. Lives and works in Philadelphia, PA.
