How are you spending your days during stay-at-home?

Working, I’ve been focused on my studio painting/carving. Trying to keep it business as usual. Cruising around on my bike, digging up plants, move them to a pot or another bed in the garden, repainting the studios (like three times already) and spoiling my cat Bertha. Just making busy work for myself. It has not been too bad.

How has this impacted work?

My work has relatively remained consistent, I’m painting everyday. My process has slowed down considerably, with thicker applications of paint and a longer drying time. 

Is there anything in particular that currently resonates with you at this moment and why?

Nothing in particular. Maybe riding my bike up to watch the old LACMA being destroyed with a wrecking ball or on Sunday evenings on the corner of Fairfax/Olympic hundreds of people gather to watch muscle cars burn rubber in the middle of the intersection, it is crazy.

So I guess my neighborhood has been really resonating with me recently.

Your upcoming solo exhibition at the gallery has been postponed due to COVID-19, when it opens, what can we expect? 

You will see two of the largest paintings I have made to date.

You have recently been experimenting with a new process, talk to us more about this.

The work has been moving into a more painterly direction. I have stopped using paintbrushes as my primary tool for applying paint. With the new works I implemented the use of trowels, pallet knifes, and spatulas. The layers are no longer one color at a time, more like 20 different colors per layer. The work has become more expressionistic.

What inspires your work?

The opportunity to make a mess with the materials and bring it through my process to a clean finished piece. 

What do you imagine for the future of the art community and world at large as we rebuild together? 

It can only get better.