Portfolio 2010

My work incorporates modernist methods of painting coupled with more contemporary techniques such as dripping, drawing and outlining with paint. While I’m interested in continuing a dialogue with the modernist language of painting, I’m open to invention. I experiment with different tools when applying paint – eyedropper, sponges, plastic, fingers, and drafting tools are some examples. I also experiment with use of color. I work with a modernist palette and incorporate colors currently in fashion. I’m interested in the blend that the collision of these two palettes creates.

I’m also making imagined landscapes informed by the inner workings of cells. We know a great deal about cells and their make-up through mechanisms such as the microscope, infrared and x-ray technologies, however, I’m interested in focusing on the unknown aspects of cells: the colors and interior dynamics. The circular shapes are drawn from proteins both because of the universality of the form itself, and the idea that proteins are responsible for life and growth. Therefore, the shape creates the images themselves.

All of the work in On the Wall was influenced by my recent move to Venice Beach, California. There I rediscovered the LA Pop movement of the 1960’s, and the urban beach with its accompanying skate and surf culture. The dynamic movement, color and style of surf and skate culture confidently collide with the dreamy naturalism of the ocean. The action of coupling distinct ideas and influences together continues to inform and sustain my work.

On the Wall at Kunsthalle LA

gallery installation

Chung King

4 ft x 4 ft

Acrylic and ink on panel

Detail image of Chung King

Volc

5 ft x 5 ft

Acrylic and ink on canvas

Detail image of Volc

Graffiti

7 ft x 10 ft

Acrylic and ink on canvas

Graffiti

Detail image of the upper area

Detail image of Graffiti

Graffiti

Detail image of the middle

Detail image of Graffiti

Pier

4 ft x 4 ft

Acrylic and ink on panel

Detail image of Pier

The Strand

8 ft x 7 ft

Acrylic and ink on canvas

Detail image of The Strand

Jumpsurf”

4 ft. x 5 ft.

Acrylic and ink on canvas

Detail image of Jumpsurf

Water Garden

16 in. x 24 in.

Acrylic and ink on canvas

Detail image of Water Garden

gallery installation

Dynamic 4

25 in. x 37 in.

Acrylic and ink on paper

Dynamic 1

31 in. x 42 in.

Acrylic and ink on paper

Album 2

31 in. x 42 in.

Collage, Acrylic and ink on paper

Dynamic 2

31 in. x 42 in.

Acrylic and ink on paper

Dynamic 6

24 in. x 16 in.

Acrylic and ink on canvas

Cell Structures 1

25 in. x 37 in.

Acrylic, graphite and ink on paper

Detail image of Cell Structures 1

Dynamic 3

25 in. x 37 in.

Acrylic, graphite and ink on paper

Detail image of Dynamic 3

Dynamic 6

24 in. x 16 in.

Acrylic and ink on canvas

Album 1

Detail image of the right side

Scroll

Detail image of the bottom section

Scroll

16 ft. x 1 ft.

Ink on paper

gallery installation