Statement
My works often begin as notes or drawings in a sketch book, leading to full-scale paintings or 3D sculptural versions with the hope that it can still hold the idea without diffusion. It then becomes a project that I may spend months on, depending on finances and available time. In other instances, I begin by taking casual photographs which I incorporate into a larger idea for a project. Later, these may form the basis for another series of works.
Sometimes I approach a project as a continuation of a past project that yielded unsatisfactory results. The "Odd-Shaped Canvases" series, where a few had the shape of ovals, is a case in point. After determining that the oval shapes appeared static, lacking the intended visual “pop,” I used various techniques to shatter the composition so that the narrative was transformed into a predominantly abstract pattern while retaining the same general colors. In this case, the result turned into a series of new compositions that depended for their success on formal issues rather than a story.
To celebrate a new exhibit space in town, the Riverside Arts Council Projects Gallery, I expanded on this theme by making the compositions playfully more complex and exuberant so that they took on a Baroque quality which I felt I needed to investigate.
I have taught Fine art (e.g., painting, drawing, design), digital imaging (e.g., Photoshop, photoretouching), art history (e.g., survey of Western art, art appreciation), computer technology (e.g., intro. to computers, system analysis, networking, advanced computer programming), at universities and community colleges, including University of California, Riverside, California Baptist University, and La sierra University.
Sometimes I approach a project as a continuation of a past project that yielded unsatisfactory results. The "Odd-Shaped Canvases" series, where a few had the shape of ovals, is a case in point. After determining that the oval shapes appeared static, lacking the intended visual “pop,” I used various techniques to shatter the composition so that the narrative was transformed into a predominantly abstract pattern while retaining the same general colors. In this case, the result turned into a series of new compositions that depended for their success on formal issues rather than a story.
To celebrate a new exhibit space in town, the Riverside Arts Council Projects Gallery, I expanded on this theme by making the compositions playfully more complex and exuberant so that they took on a Baroque quality which I felt I needed to investigate.
I have taught Fine art (e.g., painting, drawing, design), digital imaging (e.g., Photoshop, photoretouching), art history (e.g., survey of Western art, art appreciation), computer technology (e.g., intro. to computers, system analysis, networking, advanced computer programming), at universities and community colleges, including University of California, Riverside, California Baptist University, and La sierra University.
