Feb 2016- Needing more room to create new bodies of work and all the side projects that go along with it, I moved into a great studio space tucked into the middle of Kansas City’s Arts Asylum. With a show looming on the horizon and plans to put together at least a couple of group shows throughout the year, I needed the extra space to concentrate my efforts.
Already I’ve started in on a whole new body of work, pulling out some blank canvases and re-stretching others to focus in on some paintings of boxers. Using my usual size of 40″x40″, I’ve played fast and loose with the early stages of each painting to get down the drawing and build up some interesting colors and textures. In addition to the five paintings I have started, there are four blank canvases ready to be put up on the easel next, as well as a series of drawings using charcoal, pencil, china marker and water:
