ARTIST’S STATEMENT

ART + FILM

Solo Exhibition | Robert Foster Fine Art

Nantucket, Massachusetts | Summer 2022

I spent much of my childhood watching American films, often repeatedly, which was partly a matter of enthusiasm and partly a consequence of having rather limited alternatives.

My family shared this fascination, and cinema became an early education in the mysteries of character, performance, and the remarkable things people will do when someone points a camera at them.

Years later, I discovered that my approach to painting owed rather more to filmmaking than I had anticipated.

Casting, for example, is everything.

In these mixed-media compositions, familiar cinematic faces become the starting points for new encounters. Through photographic imagery, acrylic, and layered surfaces, I explore the distance between actor and character, public image and private imagination.

Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor may have entered the compositions as legendary performers, but they were never guaranteed their customary treatment.

Fame is one thing. Artistic cooperation is quite another.

In summer 2022, a selection of these works was presented in my solo exhibition at Robert Foster Fine Art on Nantucket.

The photographs below document the exhibition and its installation.

EXHIBITION DOCUMENTATION

Selected works and installation views, Robert Foster Fine Art, Nantucket, Massachusetts, Summer 2022..