CURRENT WORK

My recent works are divided into series like landscapes, "A Closer Look," and wildlife: each allows me the opportunity to push my various strengths and sensibilities. "A Closer Look" explores the combination of technology and craftsmanship by translating photos of small-scale natural occurrences that, when magnified, transform into abstract and hypnotic compositions. Likewise, my wildlife paintings enhance the color, lines, and forms of an animal into a work that demands admiration for its natural beauty while suggesting exciting areas of unnatural color that spark a new sense of tangibility. But in our daily and dark indoors and where unnatural colors most naturally occur, I find just as much excitement in reproducing the mass-produced: the bar scenes, the labels, the shelves, and the stocked. The glowing flames and neon lights that trigger our senses and create noise (aka: the antithesis of the natural) can be found in my Bar Shelves series and my newest, First World Choices.

Within each of these collections, I will say “this is my favorite thing to paint,” but the sentiment is true: I paint what I love, and I find something new and informative in the process in hopes that viewers will too.  At the very least, the titles of my paintings are often just as fun and personal to me as the subjects themselves, so when someone asks “is that movie quote?” or “isn’t that a Taylor Swift lyric,” I’m just as pleased. Please click below to further explore the galleries, view painting details, and purchase.

Current inventory is subject to change and can be purchased exclusively at the Galleryat Sweetgrass online or in person at the Wild Dunes Resort, Isle of Palms, SC.