"Ingrained" - Original Screen Prints On Wood
Overtime, I have grown to love the subtleties of Kansas geography, its depth of history, and unique culture often hidden within the rolling hills, creek-side timber, and slightly-tilted flatland. The longer I learn and grow within the Midwest, the more I realize these slight shifts across the landscape. I often focus on the more colorful and dramatic skyward shifts over Kansas. Within this new "Ingrained" body of work, however, I bring attention to a deeper and more ethereal view of Kansas landscape. I utilize various types of lumber that contain both rich and subtle wood grain. Various woods such as catalpa, box elder, spalted maple, spalted sycamore, and ash were used to create most of these pieces. The imagery originally comes from photographs of my wanderings across the Midwest. These scenes are common observations ingrained mentally within my memory and physically within the properties of wood. Through this work, I present a depth of beauty to be discovered by those seeking and seeing more of Kansas than meets the eye.
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I was raised in Robinson, a northeastern Kansas farm town. Throughout my life, I have learned and wandered within the boundaries of my Midwestern homeland, observing the social and physical landscape of the surrounding region. Its here where connections have converged to create a clear perspective of beauty in the familiar and contentment in the surroundings of place. In this middle ground, I find inspiration in geography and history of the Midwest. Social and environmental issues drive much of my work as well as influences from family, nature, and everyday life.
Overtime, I’ve discovered my work resonates with a diverse audience and seems to connect with many on some basic level. The imagery within my work comes from a very honest place. I was born and raised in the Midwest, a place where I’ve continuously deepened my roots and reflected on rural memories. My hope is to provide an ongoing stream of original art that flows from roots of urban and rural Kansas to the surrounding local and global community.
I currently reside in Topeka with my wife and daughters. I work full time at my home as an artist, husband, and father. In Kansas I’ve settled, grown my roots, and created a life grounded in art, family, and community.
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