Fast and forward But Still (2018-19)

“The landscape was simple and quiet and easy to take in.“

Palo Duro Canyon

Skip-row Cotton

Mountain

Raven

Lordsburg

Soon

Wheat

Caprock Canyons State Park

Yucca

Westward

Nighttime

Companion

Fort Davis

Small Works on Paper

Cloudy and Fast

Dragoon

Huddled Trees

Solemn

Rain

Washed Clean

Easy

Crop Rows

Blue and Green

Pool

Commute

Quiet

INSTALLATION VIEWS

Artspace111, Fort Worth, TX | 2022

SERIES Statement

In my early 20’s I was on a train that derailed in Palm Springs, California. As the cars tilted and shifted, I waited for impact but I wasn’t filled with fear. Instead, I was overwhelmed with being in that particular moment. It made me realize how often I lived for times either passed or soon to happen.

Fast and Forward but Still is a painting series about experiencing the present moment. Each abstracted landscape is inspired from photographs taken on road trips through West Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. Watching rushing scenery through car windows is a time when I feel most aware of being in the now. When moving fast and forward through an environment, the passenger is leaving familiarity behind while rushing towards the unknown at the very same moment. They are a captive to the present.