"Welcome to the Show" is a series of works created with spray paint and acrylics on wood board and canvas. My goal with this collection was to create a series of absurd scenes derived from an illustrative world of my own creation, confronting seriousness and depth in fine arts with absurdity and humor.
Through word-play and visual clues. I hint at an unclear "meaning" behind each of my works, yet present my viewers with a visual experience of color and form that denies predictability.
I urge my audience to accept these works exactly as they are, simply experiencing them rather than trying to understand them. The theme of acceptance in the face of misunderstanding or ignorance is something that I am greatly interested in, especially in today's political climate.
YeeHonk, 40' x 30", acrylic and spay paint on wood panel
"Yee-Honk" is the first piece in this collection. The motif of clowns first surfaced when I began this work, as I felt it represented art and the "image" as a means of societal performance.
How can we be an artists without being on stage, without inciting an audience? How do we confront the expectations of the performance? Can we somehow control our audience? These are questions that surfaced as I experimented with the different elements of the clown and his environment.
But then again, despite all of the noise... at the end of the day...it's just a clown on a horse. Yee-Honk. Get it?
Death of a salesman, 30"x24", acrylic and spray paint on wood panel
