In this body of work I explore the relationship that humans have with the unknowable through the compositional exploration of the human figure juxtaposed with abstract architecture.

 

Using the value range allowed by graphite, I work precisely, creating a granular value effect similar to television static. This effect links these works to the vague images that our brains formulate after staring into the static for too long. Through the use of this material, I create subtly abstracted imagery that places emphasis on the enigmatic nature of the relationship between formal elements and the depicted figure. It is by way of this strategy that I am able to depict compelling and ambiguous situations, allowing for the essence of something unknowable to reside within the work and by extension, challenge the viewer. It is here that the careful construction associated with my interest in the act of observational drawing assists my work. Utilizing this skill allows for the creation of formal compositions that utilize abstract atmospheric elements to collocate realism against abstract architectural design work. This calls additional attention to the subject’s mundane, static, and pensive nature.

 

I do this all in an effort to prompt the careful observation of the image and to let the viewer’s subconscious decide what’s being observed. This is done to let the unknowable affect the viewer as it has the image. The compositional anatomy of these images compile an observation of known, familiar, information together and rearranges it to arrive at an uncanny image that alludes to the feeling of impotence when confronted by an inescapable concept.