My pastel subjects are emphasized by a sense of preciousness and sentimentality.
These canvases are ephemeral.
Working pastels into a raw canvas creates a specific kind of relation to the surface.
There is some tension in there, too.
The larger than the model scale intends an abstract expressionist dance with the sublime.
These macro images, of my pastel surfaces,
detail felt like astethic that results from my process.
Two Perspectives, of Lilies, on a Table
soft pastel on unprimed canvas
2020
57″ x 37″
Three Cut Perspectives, of Sunflowers, in a Vase
soft on unprimed canvas
2019
96″ x 38″
This is not a Alligator, on Driftwood, in the Grass
soft pastel on unprimed canvas
2018
37″ x 60″
Devoted
soft pastel unprimed on canvas
2018
30″ x 60″
The Mythology of My Cat, Nietzsche
soft pastel on unprimed canvas
2018
6′ x 4′
A Momento from Mortality, From Father’s Coffin,
to a Closet Entryway
soft pastel on unprimed canvas
2017
6′ x 4′
Moving Her, I am just gonna put this here for a Bit.”
soft pastel on unprimed canvas
2017
4′ x 6′
A Lamentation for Breaking Father’s Model, in Response to his Death
soft pastel on unprimed canvas
2017
9′ x 5′
Betrayed
soft pastel on unprimed canvas
2017
24″ x 38″
I Didn’t Twist this Lightly
soft pastel on unprimed canva
2018
32″ x 60″
Aftermath
soft pastel on unprimed canvas
2016
60″ x 108″
Inherited Identy
soft pastel on unprimed canvas
2016
23″ x 57″
