My work is metaphorical as a visual, autobiographical timeline that is under-toned by primal human fears and anxiety. In relation, it is my attempt to understand the unlikely relationships and the juxtapositions of social boundaries that create tension within our culture leading to isolation and exclusion. It is also an investigation of that “cause and effect” in relation to my personal role in culture and counter-culture. This has always been something that has eluded me and intrigued me both at the same time. I also work with emotional scopes such as anxiety, tension, hate, depression, disconnection. As of late, my work has become more resentational of the personal, daily lives of people I come into contact with. I hope to accomplish that by conveying my viewpoints through an artistic language that I have developed over a long period of time. My process is simple, all of my work is done without any pre-sketches with everything included; ghost lines, daily to-do notes, my checkbook balances, shopping lists, mistakes, spills/coffee stains etc. etc. creating a “timeline” of events in my personal life that lead to its creation. Most of the imagery is just based off of a feeling that I get or emotion that I am feeling at the time that morphs and changes through the process naturally by a technique I call, “reveal/conceal”. At its completion, the work maintains a very flawed and raw emotional aesthetic. So, my work is very personal, both in concept and in practice. Through time, it has developed into an artistic expression that I call “Drawn Dialogue” and “Dysfunctionalism”.
Mr. Blue and the Occasional Cruelty Mixed Media
www.drawn-dialogue.com
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