Through this series I dissect the navigation between masculinity and sexuality within my environment (family, love, politics). By utilizing old paintings and prints I use them as signifiers to contextualize the original imagery into my own narrative with color, material, and found objects. I connect the past with current matters shaping my identity, while reversing the culturally decided code of gendered colors (blue – boy, pink – girl). These paintings surrounded me as I grew up and are synonymous with Americana, kitsch and domestic home life. With each piece, I try to pay tribute to the irony, or sincere tenderness of the work created before me. By claiming these as my own and altering the surfaces, I begin to analyze and understand what components of my life have influenced my identity and persona.
1. a gay at the table. 26x32"
2. mate for life. 30x24". SOLD.
3. dude privilege. 14x20".
4. not too far. 24x42".
Latex paint, glitter on preexisting paintings.
Latex paint on preexisting canvas, non-archival. 60x48". SOLD.
Latex paint on panel. All 24x24".
1. Darling
Latex paint on oak panel. 24x 24 inches. For sale, please email for price.
2. Show You My Way
Latex paint on oak panel. 48x48". SOLD.
3. Cold Cheeks
Latex paint on oak panel. 24x 24".
4. Sugar
Latex paint on oak panel. 24x 24". SOLD.
5. Peaches
Latex paint on oak panel. 5x4'.
6. Past Casual
Latex paint on found object. Approximately 42x 42'.
Latex paint on panel. All 24x24".