Polyurethane, custom vinyl decals, and acrylic on canvas
8 × 8 inches
Polyurethane, custom vinyl decals, and acrylic on canvas
8 × 8 inches
Decalcomania and acrylic medium on Bristol paper
18 × 24 inches
Decalcomania and acrylic medium on paper
18 × 24 inches
Decalcomania and acrylic medium on paper
18 × 24 inches
One of my first jobs was in television. I spent my days in edit rooms staring at color bars and resolution lines and my nights making paintings of them.
When I returned to that earlier work, I found unexpected forms buried inside that jagged digital noise: ziggurats and pyramids, ancient forms that had fascinated me as a kid, stepped or tapered structures rising in stacked levels, each a foundation for the next, history accumulating upward in layers. Broadcast towers, media conglomerates, temples.
Growing up, our television had a habit of turning itself on. The glow would appear under the door to our basement. I didn't know what to make of it then. I still don't. I build these images in color and black and white—paired as diptychs, like crossed signals from two different points in time. These paintings edge back toward that uncanny basement emanation: the real message coming through on a station no one selected.