My current work concentrates on glorifying snapshot imagery by altering and recreating it in acrylic paint to extrapolate the honesty found in snapshot portraits. It is my belief that true honest character is readily captured in candid digital photographs, and my attraction to such genuine expression has led me to create works that give importance to this imagery. I often recreate these images at a bold scale, and in photorealistic detail to bring forth a liveliness and sincerity. These images reveal an intimate moment in time that refuses to last, otherwise. I strive to bring forth what is honest in a face by freezing a genuine, fleeting expression. This often allows the viewer to create stories to fit with the image by giving insight. My intention is that no image is posed, and that the final image is an elusive and real expression.
