PORTFOLIO
VISION QUEST
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SUBLIME
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NATURE OF THINGS
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Chuck’s work is abstract, medium to larger in scale, and textural. He currently works with various custom plaster surfaces, layering feathers, twine, and paper in particular patterns on a fresco (wet surface). Using a homemade rust solution, sumi ink, and acrylic paint, Chuck then covers the surface in paper towels soaked in these various solutions. This staining process emulates the recording and decaying of marks and patterns over time. Images and forms appear as glyphs left by some forgotten language on an ancient monument or wall. Chuck started using plaster after transitioning from oil paints to acrylic. The gesso surfaces were too plastic and slippery so one day when I had run out of marble powder I tried tile grout and was pleased by the way the surface stained, states Chuck. A former patron liked the tile grout pieces and traded Chuck for plaster, plaster tools and various mixes plus a few bucks. Plaster gave Chuck a new medium to express the sense of time and lifecycles between nature and humanity.
Painting intuitively in response to a variety of tangible and intangible inputs: temperature, sound, motion, feeling, Chuck uses acrylic paint, rust, sumi ink, plaster, and found objects like feathers to build paintings layer by layer. It is a staining process that tells the story of time in the endless cycle of birth and decay. It’s a process that mirrors how we experience our world.
Currently, Chuck is focused on a series titled Vision Quest. Vision Quest is a series that attaches imagery to recurring dreams. Chuck states, there are patterns between our dreams and what we experience in life—dreams with animal spirits and ancestral guidance. The dreams help us reconnect with nature, a guiding force on our quest for purpose and meaning. Vision Quests ask us what it is to live an inspired and meaningful life, and grant us clarity on our purpose and place in the world.
Painting intuitively in response to a variety of tangible and intangible inputs: temperature, sound, motion, feeling, Chuck uses acrylic paint, rust, sumi ink, plaster, and found objects like feathers to build paintings layer by layer. It is a staining process that tells the story of time in the endless cycle of birth and decay. It’s a process that mirrors how we experience our world.
Currently, Chuck is focused on a series titled Vision Quest. Vision Quest is a series that attaches imagery to recurring dreams. Chuck states, there are patterns between our dreams and what we experience in life—dreams with animal spirits and ancestral guidance. The dreams help us reconnect with nature, a guiding force on our quest for purpose and meaning. Vision Quests ask us what it is to live an inspired and meaningful life, and grant us clarity on our purpose and place in the world.