The Scream... White phosphorus fell from the sky like snow

Ecce Homo

I have been studying two very different forms of painting lately. Those being traditional religious renaissance depictions of Christianity,and in opposition to these iconic pictorial narratives-Abstract Expressionism. Barnett Newman comes to mind with his transubstantiation "Zip" paintings when we think about the purity of art and religion.

I am working my way towards maintaining a sense of poetry and cultural utility with the integration of graphic stencil work into my paintings. I want these paintings to exist as fragments of what is seen in the city on the streets, walls, and underpasses, etc. I also want these paintings to be disjunctive representing a great many things, but simplistic in there visual presence with only a few recognizable images. Those images will likely be graphic stencils, which I consider today as "Democratic Iconography" or simply put the people's art. The symbols of the common woman or man that emphasize the current flux on things, as in there existence outside of the art world and in the people's congregation. Eventually I want to penetrate the galleries with this work creating a bridge to the world of social democratic art.