2008-2012: New History Paintings
These works appeared in the exhibition New History Paintings at the Grand Rapids Art Museum in 2013. I'm interested in a painting's ability to collect and distort ideas over time, to form a history that overlaps with personal mythology and daydreams.
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Superstitions Confirmed By the Wonder of Science, oil on linen, 84”x72”, 2011

Paths Around Buildings, oil on linen, 60”x72”, 2011

The Nature Goers, oil on linen, 96”x 60”, 2010

You Had Me At Goodbye, oil on linen, 108”x60”, 2010

Past is Prologue, oil on panel, 84”x84”, 2008

This World of Magic, oil on linen, 84”x72”, 2009
Unseen Hand of the Free Market, oil on linen, 11”x14”, 2011
Endless Kitchen Islands on Endless Cement Ponds, oil on panel, 144"x54" total, 2012

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