:: Flux n' Flow ::
an artist statement
(in the form of a 6th grade love poem)
When I paint self-portraits, I’m generally Dutch; when I paint still life, I’m fairly French; I ‘abstract’ like a Russian and mix color like a German; I move paint like de Staël and scrape it down like de Kooning; once drawn to da Vinci, now partial to Derain. I’m hectic like Kirchner, and mundane like Morandi. I drink and gamble with Bacon, tell stories with Kitaj, and paint landscapes with Diebenkorn. Bowing down to DeFeo, I’m a painter of the sentimental breed- archaic, analog, and autobiographical- a decadent aesthete and helpless romantic, indulging in now while scattering homage to painters past.
My subjects shift and flux-- I follow their flow-
When the economy is rockin’, I paint fluffy Rococo.
af 2013ish