Still Life Painting

Perception and process have always interested me. In this series of paintings, I have consciously tried to subvert the act of mark-making. Using heavy, awkward tools such as cement trawls, oversized spades, and knives, I have attempted to distance myself from the convention. The result would leave one wondering: If, indeed, these are photographs, drawings, paintings, or computer derived images or negatives. The use of Bitumen of Judea first entered the lexicon via early photography and is a perfect medium; thus, con-joining existing tools with ancient unction. The act of making the artwork, on the other hand, was purely subconscious.