CYCLOPS Painting

I am interested in juxtaposing styles or images in the same painting. My influences are many so combining and utilizing them sometimes creates the unexpected. Lately, I have been using many photos of myself (past and current) as source material for paintings. Up until the very end, the image remains fluid, so the sense of discovery is always imminent, and satisfying. Simply put, I paint because I love the creative process - the process that I am trying to comprehend and know. With every new piece, I get closer to understanding that the finished painting is not so important anymore, as is the process and the life which it represents. RECENT PRESS: 2004 Cochran, Michael, "New Art in Newport," Overview, Arts Media, Summer Van Sicien, Bill, "Fill'er up with hip art," Live, Providence Journal, July 1-5 1984 Muller, Christian, ed, "George Fortier in Der Galerie Zum Glashuus," Luzerner Nueste Nachrichten, Luzern, Switzerland, May 16 Pantalone, John, "New Talent Painting Competition," Art New England, April 5 Pantalone, John, "What Happens, Happens, George Fortier Lets His Paintings Take Him Where It Will," Feature, Newport This Week, March 8 Pantalone, John, "Newport Artist Steals a Nice Show," Newport This Week, February 9 1982 Isaacson, Philip, "Modern Maine Art: The Best and Brightest," Maine Sunday Telegram, August 22 Endter, Ellen A, "Maine Festival Art Show I Real Jam Session, " The Times Record, August 6th Beem, Edgar Allan, "Finding Unity in the Bizarre At The Maine Festival," Maine Times, July 30th Ledoux, Denis, "George Fortier: Painting the Real World," Bittersweet Magazine, June 1981 Hackett, Marilyn, "Outrageously Good Show Opens at Bates College," The Lewiston Daily Sun, August 5 Isaacson, Philip, "Man of Mill Town," Maine Sunday Telegram, September 20 Ledoux, Denis, "Fortier Exhibit at Treat Gallery," Traveler, October COLLECTIONS Christof Schoffer, Cologne, Germany Beth L. and Edward H. Rabin, New York, New York Hasbro Children's Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island Pia and Kurt Rhyner, Immensee, Switzerland Eddie Egloff, Menzingen, Switzerland Plinus Sidler, Oberageri, Switzerland