Back-formation

Open Road. This begins an experimentation with charcoal and themes of the American West. Charcoal because the medium is known as harsh, dry, difficult to manage cleanly as is the American frontier traditionally.

This is a landscape shown distorted from the side-window of a moving automobile. References from Pearl Jam's Vitology Cover. 2006.

Something Rotten. The image above corresponds to themes of isolation, poverty, and the necessity of continued effort immigrants to the American West must face even today.

While the first image in this series portrays the view from the vehicle, this is the vehicle. This is the reality of the West whereas the other image inspires hope and the prospect of utopia. 2006.