Memento is a body of work from 2014-2015. These paintings are a reflection of my own personal memories, inspiration, longing, and lust. Through cycles of repression and displacement, painting is my way of stepping through the looking glass. Relying heavily on the human figure as my subject matter, fragments of dream and memory are refracted through a filter of emotion that is central to the theme of my work.
My works concentrate on the emotional foundations of cognition. Through this process, layers of pencil and paint are transformed, reduced, elaborated, stored, and recovered, until an ephemeral balance is struck between deconstruction and evolution. The figure dissolves back into the tempest abstraction from which it emerges. This end result doesn't offer resolution, or even a calculated narrative. Instead, it offers the viewer to connect the dots through their own sensation and perception.
2014
acrylic and oil on canvas
48" x 48"
SOLD
2015
acrylic, ink, and pencil on watercolor paper
12" x 12" (framed to 20" x 20")
SOLD
2014
acrylic on canvas
48" x 48"
AVAILABLE
2015
acrylic, ink, and pencil on watercolor paper
12" x 12" (framed to 20" x 20")
AVAILABLE
2014
acrylic and oil on canvas
36" x 36"
SOLD
2014
acrylic, ink, and pencil on watercolor paper
12" x 12" (framed to 20" x 20")
SOLD
2015
acrylic, oil, and pencil on canvas
36" x 48"
SOLD
2014
acrylic and oil on canvas
60" x 36"
SOLD
2015
acrylic, ink, and pencil on watercolor paper
12" x 12" (framed to 20" x 20")
SOLD
2015
acrylic, oil, and pencil on canvas
60" x 48"
SOLD
2014
acrylic and oil on canvas
36" x 36"
SOLD
2014
acrylic on canvas
60" x 36"
SOLD
2014
acrylic, ink, and pencil on watercolor paper
12" x 12" (framed to 20" x 20")
SOLD
2014
acrylic and oil on canvas
24" x 36"
SOLD
2015
acrylic, ink, and pencil on watercolor paper
12" x 12" (framed to 20" x 20")
SOLD
2015
acrylic, oil, and spray paint on canvas
36" x 36"
SOLD
2015
acrylic, oil, and pencil on canvas
36" x 48"
SOLD
2015
acrylic, ink, and spray paint on watercolor paper
12" x 12" (framed to 20" x 20")
SOLD
2015
acrylic, ink, and spray paint on watercolor paper
12" x 12" (framed to 20" x 20")
SOLD
2015
acrylic, ink, and spray paint on watercolor paper
12" x 12" (framed to 20" x 20")
SOLD
2015
acrylic, ink, and spray paint on watercolor paper
12" x 12" (framed to 20" x 20")
SOLD
2015
acrylic, ink, and spray paint on watercolor paper
12" x 12" (framed to 20" x 20")
SOLD
2015
acrylic, ink, and spray paint on watercolor paper
12" x 12" (framed to 20" x 20")
SOLD
2015
acrylic, ink, and spray paint on watercolor paper
12" x 12" (framed to 20" x 20")
SOLD
2015
acrylic, ink, and spray paint on watercolor paper
12" x 12" (framed to 20" x 20")
SOLD
2015
acrylic, ink, and spray paint on watercolor paper
12" x 12" (framed to 20" x 20")
SOLD
2015
acrylic, ink, and spray paint on watercolor paper
48" x 48" (framed to 48" x 48")
AVAILABLE
2015
acrylic, ink, and spray paint on watercolor paper
12" x 12" (framed to 20" x 20")
SOLD
2015
acrylic, ink, and spray paint on watercolor paper
48" x 48" (framed to 48" x 48")
SOLD
2015
acrylic, ink, and spray paint on watercolor paper
48" x 48" (framed to 48" x 48")
AVAILABLE
2015
acrylic, ink, and spray paint on watercolor paper
48" x 48" (framed to 48" x 48")
AVAILABLE
Artpark, commissioned mural, 450 S 4th St, Lewiston, NY
detail
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Rhinegeist Brewery, commissioned mural design, Over-The-Rhine District, Cincinnati, OH
Art Alley NF, commissioned mural, 425 Third St, Niagara Falls, NY
Midtown Kitchen, commissioned mural, 451 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY
Midtown Kitchen, commissioned mural, 451 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY
Midtown Kitchen, commissioned mural, 451 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY
Glow Gallery, commissioned wall mural, 224 Allen St, Buffalo, NY
Roost, commissioned mural, 1502 Niagara St, Buffalo, NY
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Skateland, commissioned mural, 33 E. Ferry St, Buffalo, NY
detail
detail
detail
Community Canvases, commissioned electric box, Buffalo, NY
Community Canvases, commissioned electric box, Buffalo, NY
Main (St)udios, mural, Washington St & E. Mohawk St, Buffalo, NY
Main (St)udios, mural (in collaboration with Max Collins and OGRE), 515 Main St, Buffalo, NY
Artpark, commissioned mural, 450 S 4th St, Lewiston, NY
My notebook sketches explore memory, identity, and the human condition through iconic character portraits and psychological narratives. These sketches started as a diversion from my everyday painting routine and soon became the catalyst for an open and fluid exchange of thoughts and ideas, while creating some permanence to what would otherwise be forgotten. Working on a smaller scale than my other paintings and murals also allowed me to execute the drawings with a sense of immediacy and intimacy as I delved into the visual world of my own personal nostalgia. My idiosyncratic approach entails using marker on notebook paper to create narratives that stem from my childhood memories and are combined with narratives found in current pop culture. These reconstructions and personal observations of the human condition serve as tangible expressions of memory while exploring the absurd, humorous and mundane aspects of life
2016
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
SOLD
2015
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
SOLD
2015
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
SOLD
2015
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
SOLD
2015
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
AVAILABLE
2015
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
SOLD
2015
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
AVAILABLE
2014
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
AVAILABLE
2015
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
AVAILABLE
2016
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
SOLD
2014
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
SOLD
2015
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
SOLD
2015
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
SOLD
2015
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
SOLD
2015
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
SOLD
2015
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
SOLD
2015
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
AVAILABLE
2015
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
SOLD
2015
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
AVAILABLE
2016
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
AVAILABLE
2015
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
AVAILABLE
2015
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
AVAILABLE
2014
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
AVAILABLE
2015
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
SOLD
2014
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
AVAILABLE
2016
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
AVAILABLE
2016
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
AVAILABLE
2016
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
AVAILABLE
2016
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
SOLD
2016
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
SOLD
2016
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
SOLD
2016
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
SOLD
2016
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
AVAILABLE
2016
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
SOLD
2016
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
SOLD
2016
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
SOLD
2016
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
SOLD
2016
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
SOLD
2015
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
SOLD
2016
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
SOLD
2015
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
SOLD
2015
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
SOLD
2014
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
SOLD
2015
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
AVAILABLE
2015
ink and marker on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
SOLD
