Woman in de Kooning's series represents the muse, the idol, and the goddess. Picasso, Ingres, Rubens, Rembrandt, and may great artist's carriers have been highlighted by their compelling representations of the female form. De Kooning used this history as grounds for his own experimentation with paint and abstraction, simultaneously expanding the history of woman as subject. My work lays bare both the weight of this history as a post-modern artist, and my feminine perspective of the masculine relationship to woman through art.An influential piece to generations of artist, "Woman I" exhibits mesmerizing brush strokes unique to the capacity of oil paint. De Kooning was extraordinarily skilled in mixing oil paint with other media, and facilitating processes such as emulsion to enable his investigation of abstraction. Paintings in my series are enlarged micro compositions within the larger macro composition, Woman. Differing from de Kooning's painting process, my work facilitates the old master techniques of glazing. The resulting image gives rise to the illusion of brush stroke and thickness of paint.Woman, as a subject throughout history, shows the reality of femininity in a patriarchal society. Woman painted by woman is a relatively new expansion of artistic expression, one in which these paintings on the theme of de Kooning find commonality. Woman and Man are equal parts of humanity, equally as human, and only idolized to the extent of our own beliefs. Looking to promote the deconstruction of patriarchy within art history, my work provides insight to inspiration sparked through a will for equilibrium and harmony.
Art has an ability to manifest the mysterious qualities that constitute our human existence. My attraction to paint as a medium of visual expression shares commonality with my interest in quantum theory. Paint possesses the capacity to facilitate illusion through application process and pigment combination. Similarly, basic quantum theory renders matter an illusionary substance of reality, influenced by our awareness of its presence. Investigating the fabric of illusion, my work brings forth images from the fringe of awareness.Painting as process engages the mental, physical, emotional and spiritual bodies of a person. Transforming the studio to laboratory, I formulate equations by way of documenting experimentations on the fluidity of pigments mixed with assorted painting media and varying amounts of thinner. In this way, image creation relies upon physics, chemistry, and artistic gesture equally. These techniques acquiesce further experimentation of physical action, the energy behind application. Emotional and spiritual insight intuitively guide my conceptual evolution, generating conversations between paint and painter.Nature as the substance of paint and a subject to be painted, endows the greatest purpose to my creative endeavors. Humanity's natural existence is part of the material universe, forming the grounds for endless artistic exploration. Matter is illusive, ever changing, moving and unique to it's moment of perception. Everything physical to nonphysical is influenced by the constant progression of natural forces. My work examines the framework of existence as viewed through human experience.
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