Fields: A Study in Control

I started working on this series over three years ago now. My original intention was to create a body of work which would start a dialogue around the idea of conflict between the id, ego, and super-ego when creating “art.” The intention was to create a body of work that was two-faced. A bright, messy, chaotic grouping of paintings to represent the id and a organized, minimalist, simple body of work to embody the ego. While working in this vein an interesting thing happened. As the pieces evolved the ego within me won out and I embraced the organized, structured pieces and turned my back on the bright, instinctual paintings. With that realization I turned to completely working within these structures, these Fields, for the past year and a half and this series of work became an exercise in control. Control of materials, control of process, control of simplicity. Although the end products are simple, organized, and structured the process to create these images is meticulous, repetitive, and rewarding. Throughout this process I was been able to study my own internal conflicts surrounding creativity and I now invite the viewer to view, to question, to embrace, or to disregard what they find within each piece