ARTIST STATEMENT
My artwork is a collection of different approaches in the paint realm. My expertise is in oil and aerosol/spray paint which I use frequently in my bodies of work. Most of my work is considered to be "Lowbrow" portrait style consisting of exaggerated colors and subliminal symbolism. My conversations in regards to my work art typically wrapped around various hypocrisies in the world, whether it be found in politics, religion, current trends or other various lifestyles. My idea with my work is for the viewer to connect the dots with what symbols I use and the subtle choices of color and reasoning for why various aspects of my subject/character is contorted or bulged and or discolored or textured. Ultimately I have a reasoning why "l" choose these things but at the same time, the viewer's take away can be completely different and that--as the artist--is the take away.
PAST ART SHOWS:
2020:
Head and the He-art show w/ Dan “Knucklehed” Johnson (Union Missouri June)
2019:
phantasmagoria 2 (Jacoby arts center, Alton Illinois)
Staunton Art Fair (Staunton Illinois)
Commercial Art Hanging at the Spa on penn (Kansas City Aug-Oct)
90’stalgia pop up exhibit w/checkmate Bluff ( Urb Arts, St. Louis Missouri)
Emerging Artist 2019 Juried Exhibition (Limner Gallery, Hudson New York)
2018:
Phantasmagoria juried art show(Jacoby Art Gallery, Alton Illinois)
Art of Darkness juried art exhibit (Soulard Art Gallery, St. Louis Missouri)
2017:
Arts Council of Southeast Missouri Juried art show, (Cape Girardeau Missouri)
2016:
Solo Exhibition Picasso's Coffee House (St. Charles Missouri)
2015:
Senior Exhibition At Southeast Missouri State University (Cape Girardeau Missouri)
2014:
Student Juried Art Show (Honorable Mention painting, Cape Girardeau, Missouri)
PUBLICATIONS:
https://www.metrostl.com/2019/04/25/meltyface-and-checkmate-bluff-channel-the-90s/
https://issuu.com/warmsodamagazine/docs/issue3final/4?ff&showOtherPublicationsAsSuggestions=true
INFLUENCES:
Justin Henry Miller, Skinner, Alex Pardee, Squishiepuss, Jeremy Fish, Travis Lampe, Picasso, Bonethrower, Kaws, Gary Baseman, Joan Cornella, Buff Monster
Resume available upon request.