Friendships (2015-2018)

This collection of paintings explores moments of interaction between pairs of invented characters. These moments, possibly shards of a grander narrative, focus on relationships which may be intimate, may be awkward, but are always candid. The characters are depicted in such a way as to provide all of the facts of their being, while leaving enough ambiguity to lend their relationships to alternate readings.

-August, 2016

from top:

Shark Shark Banana

42 x 35” oil, oil stick, graphite/ raw canvas 2016

C’mon Billy

24 x 18” oil, graphite/ polyester mounted on canvas, artist’s frame 2018

Stress-free Workplace

46 x 36” oil, oil stick, graphite/ raw canvas 2016

Field of Man-boy

38 x 48” oil, oil stick, graphite/ raw canvas 2017

Puddle

26 x 20” oil, graphite/ polyester mounted on canvas, artist’s frame 2018

Dinner Dogs

46 x 36” oil, oil stick, graphite/ raw canvas 2016

Let’s Have Kids

32 x 44” oil, oil stick, graphite/ raw cotton 2016

Do You Wanna Be Pals?

32 x 44” oil, oil stick, graphite/ raw canvas 2015