Work > Juxtapositions

Untitled #1
Collage, oil on canvas over board
12" x 12"
2011
Untitled #2
Collage, oil on canvas over board
12" x 12"
2011
Untitled #3
Collage, oil on canvas over board
12" x 12"
2011
Untitled #4
Collage, oil on canvas over board
12" x 12"
2011
Untitled #5
Collage, oil on canvas over board
12" x 12"
2011
Untitled #6
Collage, oil on canvas over board
12" x 12"
2011
Untitled #7
Collage, oil on canvas over board
12" x 12"
2011
Untitled #8
Collage, oil on canvas over board
12" x 12"
2011
Untitled #9
Collage, oil on canvas over board
12" x 12"
2011
Untitled #10
Collage, oil on canvas over board
12" x 12"
2011
Untitled #11
Collage, oil on canvas over board
12" x 12"
2011
Untitled #12
Collage, oil on canvas over board
12" x 12"
2011
See No Evil
Collage, oil on canvas
20" x 20"
2011
Cut & Go
Collage, oil on canvas
20" x 20"
2011
Rue Debelleyme
Collage, oil on canvas
20" x 20"
2011
Fences
Collage, oil on canvas
20" x 20"
2011
Target
Collage, oil on canvas
34" x 40"
2011
Astro
Collage, oil on canvas
34" x 40"
2011
Little Bonaparte
Collage, oil on canvas
34" x 40"
2011
Auto Upstairs
Collage, oil on canvas
44" x 50"
2011
Tried-n-Tested
Collage, oil on canvas
44" x 50"
2011
Wasted Time?
Collage, oil on canvas
44" x 50"
2011
Angels & Bombs
Collage, oil on canvas
58" x 64"
2011

In this body of work entitled “Juxtapositions”, I have continued the exploration of imagery from photographs I have taken in my travels. For each painting I have chosen two images to juxtapose. The pairings were based on similarities I found between the two chosen images or perhaps different views of the same place.

As I have always been drawn to unconventional beauty, I was not only interested in the literal juxtaposition of two images, but also intrigued by layering graffiti imagery (what some might deem as "low" art) within the context of an oil painting hung in a gallery (what some might deem as "high" art). There's also the juxtaposition of collaging copies (something that can have endless multiples) with a one-of-a-kind painting.