The familiarity found in the stock image that allows for a common entry point into my work. Stock images are decided upon by committee to appeal to the largest audience and to fit the widest range of purposes possible. From a sympathy card to a lecture on virginity, a stock image of a painted still life is everywhere and nowhere at once, generalized until meaningless. Beginning with images that have a life on the periphery of contemporary art interests, I investigate the dialogue between highbrow and lowbrow image making. The painted still life presents a tactile surface with an already present hand, a trope that raises questions of authorship and representation in a visible tether between mechanical and handmade marks. Engaged with a critique of mass production, I explore collective understandings of beauty in the digital age.
Untitled Back #4, 2014, acrylic and solvents onto inkjet paper (22x28")
Untitled, 2014, Acrylic and Solvents onto Inkjet Photograph (40"x54")
Untitled Obstruction, 2014, Acrylic and Solvents onto Inkjet Photograph (22"x28")
Untitled, 2015, Archival Inkjet Print (36"x36")
Untitled, 2014, Acrylic and Solvents onto Inkjet Photograph (54"x40")
