Paintings that communicate pattern messaging through color, line, & contours

Pattern Language 

The paintings in the controlled wild series are based on my experiences at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, located in Commerce City in north Denver, as well as my experiences along the front range and mountain region west of Denver.  The paintings are a reflection of the tension in the regional west between the wild, and wildness, and the control and boundaries being exerted by humans.

The Controlled Wild

Based on cultural and political narratives taking place in the United States today, the patriot series is a figurative study of conservative nationalist icons

The Patriot Series

This series inspiration is largely drawn from events that are taking place in the west: industry, fire, human expansion, movement, and boundaries.

The Cultural Landscape

Magical semi-abstraction

The Globeville series are paintings that are based on the industrial area of north Denver located within the boundaries of the South Platte River corridor and near Commerce City and Interstate I-25. The area is called Globeville, and has a long history dating back to the 1800's. This particular series reflects my continuing exploration of how we mark the land.

Globeville

This work is a series of industrial night paintings, originally based on Suncor oil refinery, in Commerce City, north Denver, that has begun to expand to other areas in the west

Factory Series

The work is based on an eight week residency I did at Grin City in Grinnell Iowa on a 350 acre family farm

Iowa

Glimpse - Figurative

Abstract

A visual commentary on color, line and contour.

Semi-abstract

L'amour cafe

A group of portrait paintings using thermal heat signature color schemes 

Thermal Portrait

Paintings about decay in the Caribbean landscape as a way of storytelling

Nicholas Emery