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About 

This exhibition explores my aesthetic choices over the last 20 plus years. Not truly a retrospective because the scope is limited, the work is more of a survey; selected paintings which represent the various bodies of work undertaken over more than two decades. 

Our experiences help us construct meaning, respond to others and define our cultural frame of reference. Similarly, the artist impacts their audience through the construction of images based on their connections, sensibilities and experiences. This is what I term as an aesthetic frame of reference, hence the title of this exhibition.

Recently, I underwent an investigation of why I create the way I do. This inquiry led me to the desire to examine the experiences and emotions which shape my work. What became evident was the fact my paintings capture the colors, textures and memories of a complex upbringing comprised of eccentricity, trauma and ornamentation.

The works from 2020 through 2026 are heavily influenced by my childhood; exposure to the  aesthetic choices made by a father who was an eccentric and complicated person, unable to fully be himself and thus, choosing to transform our living spaces to communicate his vision of the world.  

The paintings from 2003 to 2014 explore abstraction of the landscape; translating the physical attributes of land (and sky) as if I were zooming in on a particular surface or what a cross section of a surface might look like.  As well, they highlight use of disparate materials and chemicals to create visually textured surfaces.

As the viewer, I ask you to take in my work with the understanding that while the genre of abstraction depends a great deal on spontaneity, this does not necessarily mean the act of creating is a thoughtless endeavor, where visual aesthetics are ruled by happenstance.