Salt on the Crows Tail Painting

Originally from San Antonio, Texas, I now live and work from a studio & gallery on a small barrier island in Northeast Florida. My recent body of work is primarily mixed media painting, and is a discourse of intuitive and non-objective. The process is a marriage of layered acrylic paint, medium, gesso, gouache, ink, charcoal, glazes, washes, handmade paper, collage, tissue, spit, spray paint, and oil sticks on canvas. Gestural sparks of interest are often added with vine charcoal, stickers, and old books, and spliced text. My intention is to create layers of information through my technique; leading your mind's eye on an aesthetic journey through the process of emotion and contradiction. While I relate to a diverse world, the intrinsic nature of my creativity always seems to emerge. I am not a tortured artist, nor are my struggles unique; it really only comes down to what I consider essential characters in my work: Color relationships, humor, energy, and lack of intimidation of the sources and materials I draw from. SELECT COLLECTIONS: MD Anderson, Jacksonville, FL Ritz Carlton, Amelia Island, FL FedEx, Memphis, TN Daxton Hotel, Birmingham, MI Park Hyatt Niseko Hanazono Residences, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, Japan Spectrum of the Seas, Hong Kong, China Line Hotel, Austin, TX Naples Grande Beach Resort, Naples, FL Jacksonville Transportation Center, Jacksonville, FL The Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL Mandarin Oriental, Atlanta, GA Trump Tower, New York, NY The Federal Reserve Bank, Jacksonville, FL Skyhouse Buckhead, Atlanta, GA 2014 HGTV Dream Home, Atlanta, GA The Ritz Carlton, Orlando, FL The Caledonia, New York, NY Amelia Law Group, Amelia Island, FL FIS Corporate Headquarters, Jacksonville, FL The Waldorf Astoria, Naples, FL The Westin Peachtree Plaza, Atlanta, GA The Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills, CA Bob Riley & Associates, Birmingham, AL Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborogh Law Firm, Atlanta, GA Omni Hotel, Amelia Island, FL Baptist Hospital, Jacksonville, FL Wofson Children’s Hospital, Jacksonville, FL EverBank, Jacksonville, FL McKenna Long & Aldridge Law Firm, Atlanta, GA Frost National Bank, San Antonio, TX BellSouth, Jacksonville, FL Blue Cross Blue Shield, Birmingham, AL