Using found artwork, collaborations and my own work I create multi-layered paintings. Overlaid upon thin illusionistic paintings, I transpose squares of thick impasto paint in a forced perspective grid. 

This grid acts to obscure and reveal the bottom layer; creating both windows to view the illusion beneath and tiles that block understanding.  The perspective in the grid not only serves to distort the original image, but also to fundamentally alter the original painting.

Paramount to each piece is the interplay between two styles of painting. Illusion is conveyed and controlled with in brushstrokes in the original painting. However, the overlaid grid is a constant struggle between order and the chaos of the paint in swirls determined by chance rather than choice. Patterns and randomness are constant factors in the creation of this work.  While the original painting is controlled by a series of choices with the intent to create an illusionistic space, the over-painting is created using a series of patterns, and codes with encoded blocks of paint.  Integrated within these strict barriers, the application of the paint is an organized emotional chaos pushing through its seemingly rigid boundaries.