Vying for Eternal Grace

Maintenant Marfa, Marfa Texas (2024-25)

Four large scale paintings on canvas using marking paint as its basic material. The traffic light colors gesture: push forward, stop or pause. The safety paint, used in playgrounds, parking lots, and public spaces, hints at the banal nature of rituals performed in everyday life.

The back of a headless figure progresses in four scenes which play out cinematically in slow motion. Each painting frames a moment in battle beginning with active repose, then first attack, engagement in battle and ultimate decimation. The figure comes before action, but what remains after the battle has been transformed.  

Photos by Logan Caldbeck