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INTO THE FRAY: a journey through ambient space 

 This series of paintings, drawings, and installations explores human perception of isolation, space, and time through landscape. Like levels of sediment, the work features transparent and opaque layered abstractions of land, superimposed on top of one another, creating new landscapes. The process mirrors the exploration of space when out for a walk or on a web browser, observing details, textures, shapes, patterns, scale, and colors both far and near. The landscape is constructed using appropriated images from National Geographic magazines, video game clippings, moon imagery, and previously unused collages. The act of building the surface mimics the action of building a place or space in one's mind, reviving and resurrecting an original stock image indefinitely. The landscapes made are alive, transmutable, and in a state of flux.

The moon imagery acts as a metaphor for understanding the land through time. Looking at both human time and cosmological time builds upon the theme of transmutability, an organic yet eternal state of change. The flora and fauna change rapidly, but land moves slowly if uninterrupted. Layers of information, scattered pictorial renderings, texture debris, silhouetted vegetation, as well as aberrations of color and shape present the landscape holistically over the course of time. Perceiving the development of time in the works conveys notions of chaos, uncertainty, and fragility. The constant act of observing time, land, and scapes simulates an honest depiction of viewing and seeing.

This series also reflects on isolation, as the creation of these landscapes is an introspective act. The solitary process of layering and building new worlds from disparate sources speaks to the experience of isolation, both physical and emotional. By isolating elements from their original contexts and recombining them, the work echoes the feelings of disconnection and the search for meaning within solitude. The landscapes, while vibrant and dynamic, underscore the profound sense of being alone with one's thoughts and perceptions.

Artwork Photographed by Paden DeVita

Installation shot- Into the Fray: A Journey Through Ambient Space (UW-Green Bay, Lawton Gallery), Green Bay, WI
Installation shot- Into the Fray: A Journey Through Ambient Space (UW-Green Bay, Lawton Gallery), Green Bay, WI
Installation shot- Into the Fray: A Journey Through Ambient Space (UW-Green Bay, Lawton Gallery), Green Bay, WI
Into The Fray     |     $7,500      
Acrylic paint on wood panel
108” x 48” x 2”
2019
Lost and Found Series (top)       |       $65 each
Mixed media acrylic paint on cotton rage paper
5” x 7” x 1”
2019


Rendering Series (bottom)       |       $70 each (bottom left SOLD)
Mixed media acrylic paint on wood panels
3” x 5” x 1.5”
2018/19
Rendering Series (bottom)       |       $70 each
Mixed media acrylic paint on wood panels
3” x 5” x 1.5”
2018/19
Lost and Found Series (top)       |       $65 each
Mixed media acrylic paint on cotton rage paper
5” x 7” x 1”
2019
Installation shot- Into the Fray: A Journey Through Ambient Space (UW-Green Bay, Lawton Gallery), Green Bay, WI
Orb Craters
Plaster , cotton gauze, linseed oil, acrylic paint, acrylic skins, LED lights, lead, string, papier-mâché cast globes covered in acrylic paint, and glitter
diameter 34” | diameter 10” | diameter 6” | lead weights diameter 1”
2019

Orb Craters
Plaster , cotton gauze, linseed oil, acrylic paint, acrylic skins, LED lights, lead, string, papier-mâché cast globes covered in acrylic paint, and glitter
diameter 34” | diameter 6” | lead weights diameter 1”
2019

Orb Craters
Plaster , cotton gauze, linseed oil, acrylic paint, acrylic skins, LED lights, lead, string, papier-mâché cast globes covered in acrylic paint, and glitter
diameter 34” | diameter 6” | lead weights diameter 1”
2019
Installation shot- Into the Fray: A Journey Through Ambient Space (UW-Green Bay, Lawton Gallery), Green Bay, WI
Orb Craters
Plaster , cotton gauze, linseed oil, acrylic paint, acrylic skins, LED lights, lead, string, papier-mâché cast globes covered in acrylic paint, and glitter
diameter 34” | diameter 6” | lead weights diameter 1”
2019
Installation shot- Land-Locked (Marinette Fine Art Gallery), Marinette, WI
(Installation View) Land·mark Series      |       $ 70 each
Mixed media acrylic paint on cotton rage paper
3” x 5” x 1” | 6” x 6” x 1” | 10” x 8” x 1”
2019
Lost & Found Series      |       $ 70  SOLD
Acrylic paint and embossing glitter on cotton rag paper
7” x 5”
2019
Lost and Found Series (framed paper paintings)     |    $65 each
Mixed media acrylic paint on cotton rage paper
5” x 7” x 1”
2019

Inverse  No. 2 (unframed painting)    |    $200
Acrylic paint and acrylic skin on wood panel
8” x 10” x 1.5”
2019
Inverse No. 2    |    $200
Acrylic paint and acrylic skin on wood panel
8” x 10” x 1.5”
2019
Land · Locked  (left) & It's a Lost World Y'all (right)      |      $800 each
Acrylic paint on wood panel
24” x 24” x 2”
2019
It's a Lost World Y'all      |     $800
Acrylic paint on wood panel
24” x 24” x 2”
2019
Way · Laid      |       $800 SOLD
Acrylic paint on wood panel
24” x 24” x 2”
2019
Blood Moon in Swamp Land       |       $800
Acrylic paint on wood panel
24” x 24” x 2”
2019


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