"...an artist who over a number of years has intently gone his own way." Hunter Ingles
born: 1960, Landstuhl Germany on an Air Base.
I live in Amarillo TX. and am working toward living
somewhere better. A place where people are happy.
Statement:
I create work based on my mental state at that moment. My work may end up calm, or may end up mentally heavy. They are what they are. Basically the viewer voyeuristically watches how things in my life affect me and how they get interpreted through my work.
Influences:
The attitudes of the Russian Constructivist,
Jim Dine, Egon Schiele, Derek Hess
Malcolm Liepke, Thomas Eakins , Trent Reznor,
Thom Yorke.
A friend of mine said I needed
to show
more influences. Here's a few more:
James Wood in Video Drome, (the movie where he couldn't quit watching those darned illegal bondage satelite signals)
Any western with James Cobern
Charles Bronson, Ed Norton…alright, alright, alright… Dirk Diggler,
anway back to…
Rod Stieger, Paul Newman in Hud, Paul Newman in Cool Hand Luke, Lee Marvin in Cool Hand Luke, Robert Duvall, Robert DeNiro, Willem Defoe in Wild at Heart and Isabella Rossallini in Wild at Heart. I will add more as I think about it.
OK these are not all influences neccessarily but they are a list of characters and actors I like. Therefore I guess the film makers and writers who have created these great films and have used these actors have influenced me to a degree.
With friend and fellow artist Colby Currie.
…no we're not gay, we're drunk.
Shows:
March 2008: Amarillo TX: The 806. New works. review
11-2-2007. Amarillo Texas. o3 show. Galleries at Sunset Center. Suite 66. Houston - Talley. New works.
11-1-2007. Austin Texas. Flameworks. 522 Sunny Lane. New Works
10-25-2007. Amarillo Texas. Amarillo Museum of Art. 12x12 show
August / September 2007: Amarillo TX: The 806: Review . New works
July 2006: Amarillo TX: Lemmons Studio & Gallery: Three man show. Review
March 2006: Amarillo TX: The Nat Ballroom: Guilty Pleasures Show, group show.
September 2005: Amarillo TX: Lemmons Studio & Gallery: Figurative group show.
September 2005: Amarillo TX: ALCA show.
February 2001: Yellow City Art Gallery, Amarillo TX: Review
November 2000: Yellow City Art Gallery, Amarillo TX: Showing of nudes and non-objective work.
December 1999: Early Slick Book Store and Gallery, Amarillo TX: Showing of nudes and non-objective work. Review
October 1998: Showing at La Casa de Luz, Amarillo TX.
September 1998: Carey McDuff Gallery of Contemporary Art, Amarillo TX: Two man show featuring my work and Herman Gabriel's work. Review
June 1998: Studio X, Amarillo TX: part of group figurative show.
March 1998: Showing at Elemental Moods, Amarillo TX.