I have been continuing to explore my connection between everyday life and painting and to work with the photograph as the departure point for most of my new work. In this work I explore how the experience of everyday life can translate into painterly terms. My intent is to paint what is there yet also create an intuitive matrix of color and light, such that the painting itself becomes the subject matter even as it continues to embody the physicality of the materials.
Time has become a major theme of my new work as well. Archiving records society and assigns time to it. I am interested in history and the experienced moment; in how time can be captured and can create a visceral response that, in turn compels my urge to continue making. I look to find identity in things, i.e. everyday objects in contemporary settings that convey quiet moments of thought and cause one to reflect on what and where these things are.
James Allison
Time has become a major theme of my new work as well. Archiving records society and assigns time to it. I am interested in history and the experienced moment; in how time can be captured and can create a visceral response that, in turn compels my urge to continue making. I look to find identity in things, i.e. everyday objects in contemporary settings that convey quiet moments of thought and cause one to reflect on what and where these things are.
James Allison
