Encephalo Creative Studios - Biomedical Visualization and Illustration
AutumnRose Gallery - Digital and Traditional Fine Art
ARTIST STATEMENT
My artwork is split into two worlds: the technical & the illustrative. One world where imagery serves as didactic and informational through biomedical visualization & illustration. The second world being a more "fine arts" category where the imagery often represents the externals of a person through gestural & empathetic paintings of the figure. Both stem from a love to learn about people physically, mechanically, socially and emotionally.
My figure drawings and paintings are created to express a relationship of the physical responses and instinctive emotions to our environment and other people. Each piece uses gesture, line and brushwork to relate the subject to the space surrounding it. The expression of the subject in the space is a metaphor for the way in which that person relates to their own existence and sense of individuality. Iconography such as abstract floral patterns, birds, or masks show how the individuals relate to their space in obscure ways. While most of the work is created as oil paintings, a lot of the drawings include ink and other mixed media. Many of my ideas start small in a sketchbook and evolve as they are translated to a larger canvas.
Ever since I can remember drawing came naturally to me. It always seemed to be a means to understand information I was supposed to learn throughout grade school. Interesting enough it seems to still serve this purpose, only now with a broader and more abstract means to understand individuality, relationships, and one’s existence in the space between the two.
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GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
2019 Snake Hill, Baltimore, MD
2017, 2015 & 2013 Association of Medical Illustrators Salon Exhibition
2014 Martinis With Monet Havre de Grace, MD
2014 Featured Artist Exhibit Arts by the Bay Gallery , Havre de Grace MD
2013-2014 Quarterly Exhibits at the Arts by the Bay Gallery , Havre de Grace MD
2013 “Anatomical Love” Valentine Exhibit, Pilsen Village, Chicago IL
2013 “Digital Creations” Biomedical Illustration Student Exhibition - National Museum of Health and Medicine, Chicago IL
2010 Gallery 788 Annual Erotic Art Show, Baltimore MD
2010 Featured Artist Joppa Gallery, Harford Community College
2008 Communication Arts Annual Show Anderson Gallery, Richmond VA