For this site I have organized my work into three portfolio groups: Real Estate Paintings --- images of modest local houses and the longest single-themed series I've ever worked on; Interiors --- recent paintings of empty rooms likely to be found in the types of houses I paint; and, the One-offs Portfolio. The One-offs are just that: singular piece projects made to convey a very specific idea or emotion.
I am an eclectic painter, perhaps fittingly described by many of the pejoratives for which the word "eclectic" can be a euphemism: unfocused, non-committal, ambivalent, meandering. That said, to be without a narrow and well defined direction in one's creative work is not the same as being lost. I don't feel lost. I am, however, acutely aware of Painting's fragile status as a relevant medium for artistic expression and aesthetic inquiry in the 21st century. It is difficult to defend; that fact haunts me. But, I find solace and reassurance as a viewer of paintings --- new and old. Something in this ancient art form still speaks to me. It does not feel superstitious; but it is hard for one schooled in "the faith" to be objective about this. So I continue the ritual, repeat the liturgy, and search for evidence of its existence. KD
I am an eclectic painter, perhaps fittingly described by many of the pejoratives for which the word "eclectic" can be a euphemism: unfocused, non-committal, ambivalent, meandering. That said, to be without a narrow and well defined direction in one's creative work is not the same as being lost. I don't feel lost. I am, however, acutely aware of Painting's fragile status as a relevant medium for artistic expression and aesthetic inquiry in the 21st century. It is difficult to defend; that fact haunts me. But, I find solace and reassurance as a viewer of paintings --- new and old. Something in this ancient art form still speaks to me. It does not feel superstitious; but it is hard for one schooled in "the faith" to be objective about this. So I continue the ritual, repeat the liturgy, and search for evidence of its existence. KD