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These paintings are my story. the story behind each one is as important as the painting itself. My work captures the duality of hardness and softness in people. Don't trust happiness,but things will be alright. Using bold colors I lure the viewer into a story of brokeness,fear,and shame. My paintings are successful when they lure people out of a sleepwalk to say"yes, me too". For fifteen years I have painted compulsively and learned through doing how to better tell each story. I paint on wood so that I can work the colors hard using brushes or my hand. I sand through layers of paint to bring colors up from underneath. These paintings are for people who know darkness and appreciate the light.

Saturday, October 26, 2013

The Gardener

This painting is based on a song I heard called the Gardener. It is about a man that feels he can't live up to what the woman in his life wants him to be. He is paranoid that other men are trying to take his place with her. He murders them all and grows a pretty garden with their bones. He is proud of the garden and wants to show her.

Monday, October 21, 2013

King of a Pile of Shit

This painting is titled " King of a Pile of Shit". There story behind the title goes roughly like this. I was in a group meeting and a friend was talking about all the things he could do to improve his life. In the end he was still the King of a Pile of Shit. I loved that saying and worked hard to remember it for the rest of the meeting and did and here is what became of it.

Sunday, October 13, 2013

The title of this piece is "I'M A NOBODY TOO". This is a title I have been working around in my head for quite a while. You will see the title a little bit on the right. It is painted on Luaun plywood and has been many images that I didn't like so I painted over them. The main idea behind this is that Everyone feels like a nobody at some time and that is alright to feel that way.

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