Larger Studies

The following works range from 30" x 40" to 36" x 48". These are products of my preliminary small panel studies. I feel these in progress works exercise my aims towards a fusion of portraiture and landscape, through found imagery.

"Kinetic Dawn"

Detail of "Kinetic Dawn"

"Lit"

"Analouge Exile (Diptych)"

Left Panel of "Analouge Exile"

"Festive Situation"

"Jay & Mike"

More Preliminary Works

Several of these small panel, preliminary works have served as an important tool for determining subject matter. As said in previous posts, the main idea is to put more aspects of myself within these oddly juxtaposed found images. "Jamrock" 20 dolla

Banga

Strut

Bareback

Xanpagne

Tricked

UNTITLED (FILM STILL FROM "BLOW UP")

My Father Reading (2 different works in progress)

"First Apartment"

Allison

Garden (MC)

Preliminary Studies-Emphasis on Characters

While this stage of my preliminary work felt highly experimental, these were vigourously rendered in order to achieve a sense of my process.
"Group Shot"


Kevin and Allison in my Basement


Buck (Interior)

Buck Outside (Leo Pissing)

Jerome Benton with Ricky

Monte Moir

Morris Day

Jeff Pocarco

David Paich

Donald Fagen

Ginger

April

Burner Girls

Adam

Intense Start

Working from a mixture of photographic image sources has always been of great interest to me. I often use photos that I have taken, or ones I find in National Geographic, The New York Times, or on the street.
The process seemingly gains momentum when images are gathered and deconstructed. While this semesters work has risen from a similar conglomerate of photographic imagery, I began to question that approach more frequently.

My mentor, Angela Dufresne, suggested that the majority of my images had very little to do with myself, and had more to do with "National Geographic Tourism." The selection of photos was just that, lacking imagination.
It also became evident that I was too concerned with the way the painting appeared, how it was structured, what colors were employed, etc. I was encouraged to realize that I am already aware of how the work should "appear," but that I was very uncertain about my subject matter.
I eventually realized that it would be beneficial for me to use images that were more about me and where I come from.

Preliminary Works