MASS XIX Painting

I am an American painter living abroad in Warsaw, Poland. My work primarily deals with a neutral examination of the concept of change as it pertains to the cycles of construction, deconstruction, and reconstruction. An objective distancing from the process allows one to see that our attitudes toward specific transitions differ according to whether we are outside the situation or within it, and which direction the change is headed. Nature and geography are used to illustrate this, with recurring subjects being, stones, rocks, natural debris, landscapes, and the cosmos. People seek stability in a dynamic universe that is in persistent motion. And while the paintings do not depict a human individual within the work, they do show evidence of human interaction. Many images show man's influence within an environment as an attempt to create sense from nature, chaos, entropy, and even death. As the life cycle of one material ends, new purposes for it may arise and consequently new rebirths. This leaves the viewer free to question what events are taking place and imagine themself within the work as both spectator and participant in the changing forces. Deeper connections are also observed by man's interaction with a continually morphing environment. The land is always changing, and as humans, we are always changing the land. Consequently, the work serves as a playful metaphor for the mutual connection between natural change and a man-made one.