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| Suburban-Folk |
If I were forced to name or label my artistic style I think I would use the phrase “Suburban-
Folk”. As a self-taught artist I draw heavily upon folk art traditions and merge them with a
suburban pre-occupation with celebrity and cultural or historic icons.
At its core I see my art as a process of collection, interpretation, modification and assembly. I
collect images of the famous, the infamous and forgotten and render them as simple line
drawings. I then manipulate those drawings and attempt to craft, or assemble, a series of
environments in which they can reside. In each piece I hope to capture some fundamental
element of the world as I see it – line, color, rhythm, repetition, movement and change.
The notion of; and the process of creating “Suburban-Folk” art has become my creed. It gives
my life a sense of purpose, direction and meaning that I’ve been unable to find in any other
activity, belief or ideology.
Folk”. As a self-taught artist I draw heavily upon folk art traditions and merge them with a
suburban pre-occupation with celebrity and cultural or historic icons.
At its core I see my art as a process of collection, interpretation, modification and assembly. I
collect images of the famous, the infamous and forgotten and render them as simple line
drawings. I then manipulate those drawings and attempt to craft, or assemble, a series of
environments in which they can reside. In each piece I hope to capture some fundamental
element of the world as I see it – line, color, rhythm, repetition, movement and change.
The notion of; and the process of creating “Suburban-Folk” art has become my creed. It gives
my life a sense of purpose, direction and meaning that I’ve been unable to find in any other
activity, belief or ideology.
