ARTIST’S STATEMENT
The theories guiding my art practice are largely defined by my academic background in Decadence and Aestheticism. I am concerned with the status of the image: seductive, unknowable, dangerous, and immortal. The image exists in a liminal space between illusion and reality, lies and truths, life and death. As such, the image represents the sublime. Once created, the image exists beyond the artist – it grows independently from the artist and is constantly being recreated. On the one hand, it captures a single, exquisite moment in time and therefore holds the valence of stasis and death. On the other hand, the image’s perpetual recreation means that it captures the myriad of experiences Walter Pater discusses in the conclusion to The Renaissance and therefore, it holds the valence of metamorphosis and life. It is particularly fascinating when the distinction between Art and reality begin to fall apart. Is it Art that imitates life or life that imitates Art?
Major Events and Public Projects:
Houston Zoo, painting-for-conservation initiative (June 2011-present)
Barcelona World Race, Team Neutrogena artist (December 2010-May 2011)
Select Exhibitions:
Singapore via INSTINC artist residency, solo exhibition (June 2012)
Limb Design, Houston, Texas, group exhibition (April 2012)
Jack Hanna Gala, Houston Zoo, solo exhibit (October 2011)
Watson Gallery, Houston, Texas, group exhibit (October 2011)
Norma R. Ory Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, group exhibit (2011)
Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Houston, Texas, Awty International Gala (2011)
Willard Straight Art Gallery, group exhibit for Forword Literary Magazine (2009)
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, group exhibit (2009)
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, group exhibit (2008)
Hayloft Gallery, Reliant Center, Houston, Texas, group exhibit (2006)
Hayloft Gallery, Reliant Center, Houston, Texas, group exhibit (2005)
Art Fairs:
Affordable Art Fair, Hong Kong (2013)
Affordable Art Fair, Singapore (2012)
Affordable Art Fair, New York (2012)
Neo-Decadent 
November 23, 2010 at 4:50 pm
He is turning his head, I like it!
November 23, 2010 at 6:28 pm
Thank you!
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