I feel that I am at a critical point in artmaking. The point of a needed change, the work needs to become more than it is. It needs to create a cohesive discourse on what I have to come to believe at this particular point in my life.
This series of paintings came about when dealing with the subversive Lowbrow. RDST hits the spot on occasion and symbolizes an underground power that can take control.
Saturday, November 3, 2007
The macabre secret nostalgia plays Sexual notes and proud displays Secrets glorified the way It’s supposed to feel, the way I know it feels The spectacle of being grown Wanting to be known Candy colors an d harsh lines Only for curious eyes These paintings commit off-color Turnstile acts Just the facts Cartoons your parents Wouldn’t let you watch In some ways Dared you to watch Become nostalgic
These are collaborations with Paul Garner for the Carnival of Arts in Memphis. These are some of the most exciting pieces of work I have ever collaborated with someone to get. Potential can be realized to its fullest degree as long as no one kills the donkey.
These are two of the newest studies for yet another series of paintings. Keep watching. Here is something good to think about. "Art is a location-a designated imaginative space where freedom is experienced...It challenges the monopoly of the established reality by creating "fictitious worlds" in which one can see mirrored that range of human emotion and experience that does not find an outlet in the present reality." -Herbert Marcuse