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The “Precursors” collection identifies the pivotal works that defined my trajectory over the last four years. Linked by a shared figurative focus, these early pieces were shaped by the technical constraints of their era—specifically limited resolution and processing power. At a time when hardware rarely exceeded 1GB of memory, these works functioned much like late medieval tempera paintings: revolutionary in their introduction of perspective and natural observation, yet bound by the material limits of their time.
Initially, my process involved manipulating digital media to mimic traditional tools such as oils, pastels, and charcoal. This produced a unique, often illustrative aesthetic where I would intentionally include "tracers"—visual artifacts of physical media—to ground the digital image in a felt reality. In “Figure & Stamp Number Seven,” this pursuit of "truthiness" culminated in the use of digital gold leaf, a challenge to the viewer's perception of materiality in a printed medium. This period marked my first foray into conscription, re-contextualizing the language of modern masters into my own emerging conceptual framework.
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