One aspect of my oil paintings examines digital photography and how it influences our memories and concept of an appropriate presentation of the self. Photography has moved into the spaces and situations we inhabit. My aim is to reflect how images are softened, cooled, warmed or distorted by the camera and reabsorbed by the viewer as reality.
How does it distort and disproportionately emphasize fleeting activities and momentary emotions? How does normalize or romanticize conventions and behaviors for the sake of a digitally fashionable image?
I re-create these environments, simultaneously interpreting the immediacy and spontaneity of digital photography while using painting to convey a physical and psychological effect. I feel that the tangible nature of painting underlines the image's process of creating the illusion.
How does it distort and disproportionately emphasize fleeting activities and momentary emotions? How does normalize or romanticize conventions and behaviors for the sake of a digitally fashionable image?
I re-create these environments, simultaneously interpreting the immediacy and spontaneity of digital photography while using painting to convey a physical and psychological effect. I feel that the tangible nature of painting underlines the image's process of creating the illusion.
