About
Soy un pintor narrativo con sede en San Diego, California. Mi trabajo ha sido incluido en exposiciones en el Museo de Arte de San Diego, el Butler Institute of American Art y la Ankrum Gallery en Los Ángeles. Fui entrenado como psicólogo especializado en pruebas; mi trabajo está influenciado por el Thematic Apperception Test. Esta prueba representa a personas en interacciones interpersonales que son intencionalmente ambiguas. En la década de 1930, los creadores de la prueba seleccionaron ilustraciones de revistas de artistas como Leon Kroll y Harry Morse Meyers para este propósito. Depende del observador interpretar la narrativa representada. También estoy influenciado por los medios de comunicación de mediados de siglo, particularmente la publicidad, la televisión y el cine. Los medios de este período prometieron a los estadounidenses una visión emocionante de la vida que rara vez podía realizarse. Mi trabajo intenta capturar algo de esa brecha. Creo collages digitales de medios tomados prestados y pinto el resultado. No acepto comisiones.
I am a painter based in San Diego, California. My work has been included in shows at the San Diego Museum of Art, the Allied Artists of America through the Butler Museum of American Art, and is in the permanent collection of the Hilbert Museum of California Art.
I do not take commissions.
I am a narrative painter based in San Diego, California. My work has been included in shows at the San Diego Museum of Art, the Allied Artists of America through the Butler Museum of American Art and is in the permanent collection of the Hilbert Museum of California Art. I was trained as a psychologist specializing in testing; my work is influenced by the Thematic Apperception Test. This test depicts people in interpersonal interactions that are intentionally ambiguous. In the 1930s, the test makers selected magazine illustrations by artists including Leon Kroll and Harry Morse Meyers for this purpose. It is up to the observer to interpret the depicted narrative.
I am also influenced by Midcentury media, particularly advertising, television, and film. Media from this period promised Americans an exhilarating vision of life that could seldom be realized. My work attempts to capture something of that gap. I create digital collages of borrowed media and paint the result.
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Formación
- 1984–1988I studied painting with Michael Wheelden, San Diego; and Patricia Patterson and Manny Farber at the University of California at San Diego· San Diego, University of California at San Diego