Tag: Influences
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Love Songs – Past & Present
This past year or so, text has started showing up in my work again. During my undergrad, I worked with text in some of my paintings and it was not perhaps the most successful use of text, looking back. I kind of left it out of my practice for a long time, along with installation,…
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The Lady and The Unicorn
Every once in a while, I work on something new and think that I have this great new idea, only to realize that I’ve actually visited the same imagery or theme before. I don’t think this is a bad thing though. It’s pretty interesting actually, looking back at why I first chose that image/theme to…
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Beware of Wolves
There has been a recurring motif in my work this year, and I thought I’d share a few of my thoughts on this: The Wolf. It was wholly unintentional, but the wolf has been popping up in my work all year long. It first started at the beginning of the year, when I made my…
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Broken Paisley
Another day in the studio: I love painting patterns and they often find their way into my portraits in the clothing worn by the subject. I’ve started on the broken paisley pattern in the shirt of Nicky’s portrait. Here is a close up detail of the first start of the pattern. I don’t think I’m…