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Figurative paintings about reading a face — several expressions held at once, before any one of them settles.
I paint faces that hold more than one expression at once. The work starts in front of another person, trying to read what's there before it settles into a single thing.
I work the surface until it feels right, and I leave the marks of that process visible rather than smoothing them away. Often several sitters end up combined into one figure, so the face belongs to no one in particular.
What's left is meant to stay open. The viewer brings their own reading to it. I work the surface back over itself until little of the first attempt survives, and what remains carries the weight of everything painted out beneath it.
Studio enquiries and commissions are welcome.