Tiny scenes
2023
This is a series of vignettes of places in San Francisco. I think one of the most beautiful things in a city is the interplay between the urban geometry and the soft, organic elements of nature. In these tiny paintings, on display at Studio Gallery in the winter of 2023, I've combined the rigid lines and angles of architectural objects (like buildings and stairs) with the familiar, gentle contours of the world they live in. In most of them, the real world structure has an imaged world around it, as if the scenes we look at are just small dioramas in a bigger art we're not normally privy too. I wanted the viewer to contemplate this interplay between nature and human made environments in the context of a familiar setting.
The series, at a glance.
Castro Theater, 6x6", acrylic gouache on claybord. I like how the imaged geometry looks like a diorama, as if the art and the scene is popping out of its designated space.
Land’s End, 6x6", acrylic gouache on claybord.
Filbert Street, 6x6", acrylic gouache on claybord.
Filbert Street, 6x6", acrylic gouache on claybord. In this piece I took that idea of the art coming out of its designated space by extending it on all sides of the canvas. The next natural step would be to also paint the wall around it.
Beach & Jones St., 6x6", acrylic gouache on claybord. I wanted to explore having a harsh line between the real world and the imaged geometry.
WhizBurgers Drive-In, 6x6", acrylic on gessobord.
Sunset at the Blue Fog Market, 6x6", acrylic on gessobord.
Golden Gate Bridge, 6x6", acrylic on gessobord.
Golden Gate Bridge, 6x6", acrylic on gessobord.
Franklin Street, 6x6", acrylic on gessobord.
Filbert Street, 6x6", acrylic gouache on claybord.
Pier 39, 6x6", acrylic gouache on claybord.