The Journey

"The Journey" combines urban landscape images with a figurative sculpture from the Cleveland Museum of Art. It's a very meaningful collage painting from early in my career. I became fascinated with the mixed-media process and narrative created between the contemporary and classical elements.

I referred to the artwork from this period as "Urban Romanticism" ~ a category that is currenty reflected in my recent multimedia art and installations. My decision to work with larger canvases allowed me to apply paint in a much more liberating, and gestural way that incorporated my entire body.

During this period, I began experimenting with the concept of enlarging small collages into large multi-paneled works, while adding additional drips and splatters to the existing reproduced painted images. I began the process of narrowing the distinction between the real painted surface and the photographed surface. A type of trompe-l'oeil between image and surface ~ past and present.

I hope you enjoy.

"The Journey"
60" x 84"
Mixed-media on canvas
Collection of the Artist.
(NFS)

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11 June 2009
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