expressions
Expressions began as a daily practice. I challenged myself to spend 10 minutes a day creating faces. It started with simple line drawings, through After a few months of this practice I began to notice no matter what I set out to paint, faces would appear. Leaning into this I began attempting abstract portraiture in different styles. From this
FIBROUS FACial
This large scale painting was constructed with a range of fibers and textures using materials such as wool, salt, acrylic yarns, threads, and various kinds of paper bonded together with acrylic paints.
It's subject matter is a result of subconscious facial creations through the act of combining seemingly random shapes, lines, and forms. Similar to the surrealist style of Automatism.
CUBO-FUTURE FRIENDS
This three piece series of abstracted portraiture draws inspiration from the first and second waves of cubism that became popular during the 20th century.
