In all of my paintings, I am experimenting with the transition between paint and fabric, allowing my subjects to transform into the characters I create. I usually start with a candid photographic source that brings me somewhere else, to a painting that brings forward the material that constructs their image. I like for the viewer to enter through my realism, color use and the distraction of material, and then leave with a better understanding of the power we give fabric. I am bringing to the surface that the choices in what we wear really do decide the way we sized up.
I use a unique method of integrating fabrics into paintings in order to tinker with viewers’ perceptions. Based on real moments in the lives of my subjects, I work to call attention to the importance we put on clothing. I want onlookers to experience the independent choices, the religious mandates and the social constructs of what we wear.
Caelum Gallery, NYC
