Currently I have been working on large scale charcoal drawing on painted aluminum. My interest with my current body of work is how our understanding of context or the psychological landscape that we construct in our minds through the mediated image. In my work I am dealing with these concepts by constructing a form of landscape that is architectural and abstract making reference to the way one’s understanding of a landscape (whether it be psychological, sociological, economical or natural)  is actually a constructed perception that has its own architecture.

I employ the line not just as a formal element but as a conceptual device. That being that a line can connect or divide, contain or define, or when line is emphasized or manipulated it can be poetic and when it is controlled it becomes words or a system.  So with this versatility in its use, I find line to be an effective and consistently appropriate component in my work especially given my conceptual interests.

As a whole this work is really finding a certain method to madness and inviting the viewer to join me.

A Manufactured Landscape: Canal (2014) Charcoal, Rust & Acrylic on Aluminum, 24″x24″

A Manufactured Landscape: Colony (2014) Charcoal and Acrylic on Aluminum, 24″x24″

A Manufactured Landscape: Horizon (2014) Charcoal, Rust & Acrylic on Aluminum, 24″x24″

Alignment..? (2013) Charcoal, Rust, Acrylic and Carbon Fibre on Aluminum, 40″ x 66″

Memory Echoes..? No5, Charcoal, Rust, Acrylic and Carbon Fibre on Aluminum, 24″ x 48″

Searching For Focus..? (2013), Charcoal, Rust and Acrylic on Aluminum, 24″ x 24″

Echoes of Impact..? Charcoal, Rust, Acrylic and Bullet Holes on Aluminum, 36″ x 36″

Surface Tension..? (2013), Charcoal, Rust, Acrylic, Carbon-fibre and Aluminum, 16ft x 12ft

Memory Echoes..? No4, Spray Paint and Resin on Aluminum, 24″ x 24″

Memory Echoes..? No 3, Charcoal, Acrylic and Carbon Fibre on Aluminum, 24″ x 24″

Memory Echoes..? No 2, Charcoal, Rust, Resin and Acylic on Aluminum, 24″ x 24″

Memory Echoes..? No 1, Charcoal, Rust and Acrylic on Aluminum, 24″ x 24″

Monumental..? (2013), 8.5ft x 8.5ft, Ash of the Nanking Cherry, Charcoal, Rust and Acrylic on Aluminum

Fractures of Perception..? (2012), Charcoal on Aluminum

Memory Patterns..? No1, Charcoal and Acrylic on Aluminum, 24″x24″

Memory Patterns..? No 2, Charcoal and Acrylic on Aluminum, 24″x24″

Memory Patterns..? No3 Charcoal and Acrylic on Aluminum, 24″x24″

Memory Patterns..? No 4, Charcoal and Acrylic on Aluminum, 24″x24″

The Manufactured Landscape..? (2011), Charcoal and Acrylic on Aluminum, 3ft x 8ft

Memory Stick..? (2011), Charcoal and Acrylic on Aluminum, 2ft x 4ft

Will the Sky Always be Blue..? (2011), Charcoal and Acrylic on Aluminum, 4ft x 4ft

Water System..? (2011), Charcoal and Acrylic on Aluminum, 4ft x 4ft

Detour..? (2011), Carcoal and Acrylic on Aluminum, 3ft x 8ft

Traffic Patterns..? (2010), Charcoal and Acrylic on Etched Aluminum, 2ft x 2ft

A Sense of Place..? (2010), Charcoal and Acrylic on Etched Aluminum, 2ft x 2ft

We Need a Revolution..? (2010), Charcoal and Acrlic on Aluminum, 2ft x 2ft

Inside the Box..? (2010), Charcoal and Acrylic on Etched Aluminum, 2ft x 2ft

Pressure..? (2010), Charcoal and Acrylic on Aluminum, 4ft x 4ft

The Collapse of the Lighthouse..? (2010), Charcoal and Acrylic on Aluminum, 4ft x 4ft

Conflict of Interest..? (2010), Charcoal and Acrylic on MDF, 4ft x 4ft

To Agree and Disagree..? (2010), Charcoal and Acrylic on Aluminum, 2ft x 6ft