Detail of something new coming to Every Day Original on Monday 10/4.
Available today via Every Day Original ----- Often when I’m reading a novel, passages jump out to me and take on meaning independent from their original context. For example, I love these lines on their own near the beginning of "The Names" by Don DeLillo: “The sound was mysterious…a charged rumble that seemed a long time in defining itself as something besides a derangement of nature, some onrushing nameless event.” I love how non-specific and evocative these lines are, and how they’re open to interpretation. They capture a feeling I have from time to time, and this painting is an exploration of that feeling. ----- "Onrushing Nameless Event", 6"x12", oil on panel, framed, $450
Available today @everydayoriginal —— This oil painting evolved organically from one of the many abstract monoprints I’ve been making lately. I wanted to experiment with pressing different surfaces (string, feathers, paper, etc) onto the painting as another way to apply paint in addition to brushes.
I tried and failed a few times before getting a successful print from a large feather. In the end I really liked how the feather overlaps the figure’s silhouette as a symbol of inner lightness and peace. —— Feather Center, 5”x7”, oil on panel, framed, $375
Available today via Every Day Original —— The title of this painting is a line from Ted Hughes’ poem, Thrushes. He’s observing (and envying) the way that animals seem to act with utter clarity, focus, and efficiency. The majority of humans are not this way: we have doubts, desires, and dreams which send us in different directions from one moment to the next. The poem describes these “distracting devils” as originating beneath the “wilderness” within our psyches. The painting isn’t a literal depiction of the poem, but the poem was the general inspiration for it. —— Under What Wilderness, 6”x12”, oil on panel, framed, $450
Available today on Every Day Original! —— It seems like I can never see very far ahead in my artistic journey. Instead, my view resembles a forest that’s overgrown with uncertainty. Making each painting is a way to clear just enough space so that I can take the next step forward. And the next step after that. This painting is a reflection on the need to create these clearings; to cut back at the invasive species of social media, website popup windows, and 10-step plans for success; to a maintain a space for creativity to breathe and grow. —— Clearing, 6”x8”, $400, oil on monoprint
See ya later, 2020. Here’s a few early process shots looped together of my next painting for @everydayorig. Started with a monoprint, then painted on top with oils. 6x8 inches, available Monday 1/4.
Available today 8/11 at 12pm EST https://everydayoriginal.com/product/for-a-fire/ ---- I've heard creativity compared to a cycle of breath. During the inhale, artists absorb various types of stimuli. With the exhale, that inspiration is transformed into something outward: the art in whatever form it takes. I'm undergoing a prolonged inhale right now: absorbing a lot, but unsure what to do with it quite yet. It can feel like I'm not being "productive" since I'm not actively producing much. But I'm trying to see this time as an essential period to gather dead wood and detritus as fuel for later fire and action. This painting is a reflection on that idea. ---- For a Fire, 5" x 7," oil on cradled panel, $365 @everydayoriginal
"The Brink" will go up for sale tomorrow 10/16 on Every Day Original! ---- It's scary and unsettling to be at the edge of one's comfort zone or to feel like an outsider. It can rattle you to your core. But the edges, the fringes, the brink: that's also where the growth happens. And I'll take growth over comfort any day 🔥 ---- The Brink, 5" x 7," oil on cradled panel, $250
For sale 9/17 on http://www.everydayoriginal.com/ : Resistance, 6" x 6", oil on cradled panel, $250. This painting is a reflection on the way that we can show resistance towards ideas/ people/emotions. By understanding what we hide from & why, we can hopefully grow past whatever is holding us back.