Artist’s Statement
Man is the measure of all things – or so goes the humanist axiom. Both individually and collectively, we are capable of greatness. This body of work is an inquiry into our stewardship of humanist ideals. What have we achieved and what of our humanity?
Work that engages our faculties and satisfies our senses is a blessing not afforded us all. For every fulfilled and actualized worker, there are a multitude of button pressers, lever pullers, and pencil pushers. Work has efficiently been reduced to mere labor. The individual is brought to the level of a machine.
Truth is strange and sometimes our best response is to laugh. I enjoy puns – playing with the relationships between the visual and the verbal. There is allegory and insinuation. Layered meanings allow connections to be made on many levels. On viewing the work, consider the multiple paths for interpretation.
Bio
- Born in Richlands, VA
- MFA – painting & printmaking from East Tennessee State University
- BFA – printmaking from Virginia Intermont College
- Teaching since 1999 – now Asst. Prof. of Art at Virginia Intermont College
- Web developer from 1998 – 2009
painter
Random Color
- Color Name
- Lapis Lazuli
- Brand
- DaVinci Paint
- CI Name
- PB29 (genuine)
- Composition
- crushed lapis
Teaching
As it’s commonly understood, working means making a living. In so many jobs, living is what comes after work. What I want more than anything for my students is that they make a life. I’ve taught game developers, tattoo artists, painters, and a great many others who now work in fields other than art or design. I cannot make their career choices but I do all I can to enable their creative living. As a working artist myself, responding to the creative directions of a number of students is invigorating. This is making a living in the fullest sense.