Ever Evolving Artist Statement

I paint with an optimistic eye using my imagination, photos and observations. Art for me is a vehicle for connecting with folks. It's a way to chronicle our collective human experiences. I graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Philosophy because I wanted to understand the "why" I think the way I do.  I began painting to "see" what that thinking would look like. I'm an existentialist with a wicked sense of humor. I sketch directly onto the canvas and create multiple paintings at once. I'm never sure where the composition is going to lead me. I sometimes feel as if I'm surfing.  Looking for that perfect mark, as if it were a wave, to guide my progress. My influences are many, but at the top of the list would be the cave painters of Lascaux the Abstract Expressionists of the 1940's and street art. 

Under the Pink, 12 x 9, mixed media on paper, MG Stout 2021, SOLD