Other Side of Black Painting

The act of closing our eyes is an action all humans share. Closing our eyes is a starting point, a springboard by which a creative process begins. We close our eyes to focus our thoughts, find new ideas, to dream. We close our eyes to seek out an empty black space. That black space eventually fills up with visualizations of our world around us. All of this is happening in less than one sixteenth of an inch but yet it is a black space of infinite abilities and dimensions. The fact that all humans close their eyes to go somewhere else- has influenced me to use black space as my subject, my medium, and a tool that engages us into the creative process of seeing. Seeing through black has both historical precedents and current relationships to technology. My intention is to draw a direct connection from the black reflective surface of my paintings to our contemporary looking mirror and Claude Glass - smart phone and computer screens. As part of a recent Creative Renewal Fellowship, I have been studying computer screens, Nam June Paik installations, Rembrandts use of black paint and techniques from the Dutch golden age of painting in an effort to develop my current body of paintings and photographs.

Painting:panel on Other

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:24 W x 36 H x 1.5 D in

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