head sketches

Recent Head studies

thumbnail sketches for some new paintings

The Young Carpenter

Here is a piece I have recently finished called The Young Carpenter. I was inspired by the idea that Christ was always in communication with his Heavenly Father, even as a teen working with the tools and trade of his father Joseph.  I like to think that revelation and communication with our Father in Heaven comes when we are being obedient and even as we are working.  Some of my most spiritual, meditative personal moments have occurred while I create in my studio, and I think the same can apply to all us.  We just need to be open.

Drawing

Drawing has become for me a real meditative process that not only helps to plan for a painting, but helps me to clear my head and examine what interests me about a work.  I think that after a long day painting, working on a drawing is a relaxing way to end a day in the studio.

Martha Wilson Lecture

Last night at the UMFA, I got to attend a guest lecture by Martha Wilson, a feminist performance artist who works with playing roles of identity to question society.
Here she is as "The Working Girl" and the "Goddess".
There were some other works she did in which she purposefully made herself look at her best, or from her most attractive side, and then with lighting and makeup she accentuated her "worst" features to become her least attractive self.

Some new work