Inserts and Cutaways (2020 -)

Inserts and Cutaways

2020 - 2021

Inserts and cutaways are shots used to avert the viewer's gaze from some intense or visceral sight onto something else. They are a sort of dissociation from the visible. I'm interested in the way that film images, as dialectical medium, form meanings together. In these types of sequences, the director imbues the second shot with the ecstasy, pain, intensity of the first shot.

What interests me as well is when these shots are used to convey the ambivalence of the non-human world or the surroundings of the characters. An example would be a scene "behind closed doors" cutting to the literal closed-door to express the intimacy, privacy, and secrecy of the action.

Knife's Edge (Single White Female, 1992), 2022.jpg

Telephone, screws, acrylic, wax pastel, canvas, glue relief on panel, 24.25 x 36.25 x 3.5 inches

Airport Control Tower (after CASABLANCA, 1942), 2022

Wax pastel on canvas, glue relief on board, 48 x 72 x 2.5 inches

Backroom (after SHAME, 2011), 2022

Wax pastel on canvas, glue relief on board, 12 x 18 x 2 inches

Backstabbing (after Cruising (1980)), 2021

Wax pastel and flashe on canvas, glue relief on board, 36 x 72 x 3 inches.

In the Bathtub (After The Sopranos (1999)), 2021

Wax pastel on canvas, glue relief on board, 40 x 60 x 2.5 inches.
Private collection, LA.

Flood Lights, 2021

Wax pastel on canvas, glue relief on board, 12 x 18 x 2 inches.
Private collection, LA.

Fistful of Sand (after Moonlight (2016)), 2021

Wax pastel on canvas, glue relief on board, 12 x 18 x 2 inches.
Private collection, NYC.

Nocturne (after Call Me By Your Name (2017), 2021

Wax pastel on canvas, glue relief on board, 24 x 36 x 2.5 inches.
Private collection, London.

The door is open, 2021

Wax pastel on canvas, glue relief on board, 12 x 18 x 2 inches. Private collection, New York.

Rainy Night Drive, 2021

Pastel rubbing on canvas over relief, 32 x 48 inches

Peacock Feather, 2021

Pastel rubbing on canvas over relief, 12 x 18 inches

David's Last Breath, 2021

Pastel rubbing on canvas over relief, 32 x 48 inches

Blood on the Baron's Tulips, 2021

Pastel rubbing on canvas over relief, 32 x 48 inches, Private Collection, New York

End of the Night, 2021

Pastel rubbing on canvas over relief, 48 x 78 inches
Private Collection, Mt. Kisco, NY

Anaconda, 2021

Pastel rubbing on black canvas over relief, 18 x 26 inches
Private Collection, New York

Delivery, 2021

Pastel rubbing on black canvas over relief, 40 x 80 inches. Private collection, New York.

Escorted Out, 2021

Pastel rubbing on black canvas over relief, 16 x 19 inches

Lawn with Sprinkler, 2021

Pastel rubbing on black canvas over relief, 30 x 40 inches

Waves Crashing at Garrapata Beach, 2020

Pastel rubbing on black canvas over relief, 32 x 56 inches
Private Collection, NJ

Put your hands on me, 2021

Pastel rubbing on black canvas over relief, 12 x 20 inches

Sunrise, 2020

Pastel rubbing and acrylic on canvas over relief, 12 x 22 inches

Roller Coaster, 2020

Pastel rubbing on black canvas over relief, 14 x 22 inches

The Lovers, 2020

Pastel rubbing on fabric over relief, 26 x 44 inches

First Time / Camping Stove with Beans, 2020

Pastel rubbing and acrylic on canvas over relief, 20 x 40 inches