48” x 54” - oil on canvas

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My art is a series of experiments - I tweak the process, try new materials, and use nostalgic subjects to play around with. The goal is always to make nice stuff to hang on walls and to try to make people pause a moment and be happy.

Marylin has been a recurring theme for me when I want to experiment with different ideas for portrait painting. With this piece, I’ve once again borrowed a color palette from the past (Warhol’s of course!) and tried out a few new ideas to push farther into a territory I’ve never been.

I pushed the negative space to a level where it makes up more than half the painting surface. I needed to come up with new masking and stencil techniques to pull this off and am looking forward to seeing where I can take this concept further - to lay it on landscapes and still-lifes as well. Another step in boiling down and simplifying in a modern way.