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PAINTINGS
A Moment
Air Mail
Albuquerque Address
1958
Azure
Bulky Device
Censure
Rise
Red Ambit
Oxidation
Pink Shroud
On The Periphery
On The Bus
Obscure Notes
Old Letters
New Test
Momentary Thought
Means
Kernel
Industrialize
Hive
I Have Butterflies
Hidden Route
Good Housekeeping
Flutter Drop
Exertion
For DD
Exertion No2
Even Up
Ernie's Toof
District
Courtyard
Chunky
Compartmentalize
Coffer

New Works On Paper

My first experiences with printmaking have have influenced my process of working with paper. There is a unique way that materials react with the surface that lends multiple layers of detail to my work. Since I no longer work with the caustic chemicals associated with intaglio and other forms of printing, I have shifted my process to achieve similar mark making with other mixed media.

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Inaccessible Spaces

Sometimes built forms created with architectural convention limit how people inhabit spaces. These paintings are an exploration of concepts that help me rethink the built environment. For me, the large scale encourages physical interaction with the surface of the canvas, revealing unexpected results. I am able to work with small intimate details, large forms and colors simultaneously. These “studies” provide ample information for me to apply to three-dimensional interpretations and other architectural applications.

Opening night
Outside | in
Insertion No.1
Insertion No. 2
Insertion No. 3
Arroyo-cutting series
Arroyo-cutting No. 1
Arroyo-cutting No. 2
Arroyo-cutting No. 3
Sliver
Plateau
Watershed | La Cuenca
Gallery View
Domestic Consumption
Impervious
Gallery View
Gallery View 2
Gallery View 3
Installation
Totem | Shield
Gallery announcement

Connection | Substrate

Connections and materials are the basis of our environment. Organisms relate to each other at both macro and micro levels. When these connections are severed an imbalance may occur. I am interested in the conditions that arise with the application of industrial insertions into the land. The character of the strata is altered with repeated building and manipulations of the earth. There is a space between the natural and the man-made that reveals itself: interstitial space.

Introduction
Swirl
Arising
Trough
The-Act-of-Unmaking
Superimpose
Residuals
Reducer
Press
Bind
Passage
Ovis-Aries
Mill-No-2
Mapping
Lateral-Till
Edifice
Endothermic Char
Drillstem
Crucible
Cooling-Pond
Aggregate
Residuals-2
Gallery view 1
Gallery view 2
Gallery View
Galler Panoramic

Fragments Revealed

These paintings are created through a process of drawing spontaneously, allowing my mind to conjure images and marks that relate to past experiences. I am not working in a linear process, but more of a spiral that allows influences from multiple sources to react with each other. The end result is one that he has not conceived of prior to starting. This series includes works on paper with graphite, acrylics applied with brayers, and pastels.

Invitation
Fold
Triad
Fragility
Form
Chart
Passing
Soportes
Agua de la Pradera
Implementa
Lollipop
Interstitial 2
Mill
Blast
Mill No.2
Gallery view 1

A Process of Discovery

Early in life I had a penchant for discovering how things worked and were put together. I rarely utilized the instructions that were included with models and toys. I have always been a visual learner and enjoyed figuring out how things are made. With both my parents being scientists, I approach situations with the idea of discovery.

 

My childhood memories inform my designs. Whether playing in the prairies with friends, catching lizards and snakes, or backpacking in the mountains with my parents – I have always enjoyed the process of exploration. 

Transverse No.1
Transverse No. 2
Schism
Bilateral
Once
Lost
Remember

Texture and Marks 

In this series of paintings I focused on disrupting the surface by both addition and subtraction methods. The substrate is wood and allows me to carve into the surface, creating different levels depending upon the material removed. I also applied plaster and paint to the surface, building up texture and depth.

Exponential Decay
Treaty
Easement
Reconcile
Gall
Encase
Domestic Consumption
Impervious
Inlet
Debase
Watershed | La Cuenca
Plateau
Red Missile
Reconstruction
Strata
Mend
Vessel Deconstructed
Crucible with Brace
Hibernation
Slumber

Works on Panel

When working with wood panels I am able to carve, scratch and cut into the surface. This allows me to emphasize textures and lines beyond the surface of the painting. 

Fold
Aggregate
Mapping
Fragility
Bend
Passage
Untitled
Arising
Valley
Reducer
Outside | in
The-Act-of-Unmaking
Lollipop
Trough
Form
Superimpose
Residuals
Residuals-2
Ovis-Aries
Intrinsic-Structure
Periphery
Cooling-Pond
Crucible
Drillstem
Edifice
Equipaje
Peg
Imperfections
Interstitial

Works on Paper

My first experiences with printmaking have have influenced my process of working with paper. There is a unique way that materials react with the surface that lends multiple layers of detail to my work. Since I no longer work with the caustic chemicals associated with intaglio and other forms of printing, I have shifted my process to achieve similar mark making with other mixed media.

Snare
Breach
Wither
Awareness Is Born
Motion Simulator
Do Not Rid Me of Hope
Untitled 2017
Untitled 01.20.17
Delicate Touch
Delicate Touch detail
Fish Kill | Just a Feeling
Touching the Horizon
Going where no one can hide
I'd tap that
Delicately medicated with aqua pura
What Counts as History?
Token of g̶o̶o̶d̶ corrupt fortune -
A B̶o̶y̶ Wizard and His D̶o̶g̶ Wall
Protector de agua
Smoke Signals
Salve
Tethered

Collage | Mixed Media

By utilizing found imagery and personal photos in conjunction with a mixed media palette I am able to loosely configure compositions that reveal personal narratives. Several of these images deal specifically with current political and environmental events.

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