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Herb's portrait is one of my very first commissioned paintings. This kind of work is very important to me, but there is another form my work can take as well. I paint portraits of individuals for commission, and I also paint portraits of groups of people for the purpose of exploring a particular issue.
I used to think that my conceptual shows served to promote my style and my name so that I might get more commission work. Then, at some point, I began to feel that my commission work was supporting my conceptual habit! In reality, both forms of my work are equally as important to me. I love to know that my portraits are part of the fabric of an individual's everyday life, and tackling some of this world's stranger questions is something I very much enjoy.
In 2007, these two forms of my work were combined by a client. Having read, an article about my show, Swollen, Jim's wife decided to commission a portrait of him before his heart transplant to be followed by an "after" portrait one day!
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