iPhone Self-Portraits (Series I)

These paintings are proxy self-portraits, which explore the nature of personal identity and the emotional resonance of music and technology. Based on screenshots of music I’m listening to on my iPhone, they begin to tell my story, becoming allegories for emotions and life events. The viewer can draw connections between different song titles and musicians in the paintings, constructing a narrative for themselves. Every song, like every artwork, resonates for a person in the context of their life. This narrative, however, will always remain somewhat elusive, being both explicit and obscure, personal yet veiled in screens both literal and figurative.

DETAIL Portrait of Jeff Kingery (Thriller) , 2017 /Oil and acrylic on linen/ 150 × 100 cm (approx. 59.06 × 39.37 inches)
DETAIL Portrait of Jeff Kingery (Thriller) , 2017 /Oil and acrylic on linen/ 150 × 100 cm (approx. 59.06 × 39.37 inches)
DETAIL Untitled Self-Portrait (Money Changes Everything), 2017 /Oil and acrylic on linen/ 150 × 100 cm (approx. 59.06 × 39.37 inches)
DETAIL Untitled Self-Portrait (Money Changes Everything), 2017 /Oil and acrylic on linen/ 150 × 100 cm (approx. 59.06 × 39.37 inches)
DETAIL Untitled Self-Portrait (The Price You Pay), 2017 /Oil and acrylic on linen/ 60 × 40 inches (approx. 152.4 × 101.6 cm)
DETAIL Untitled Self-Portrait (The Price You Pay), 2017 /Oil and acrylic on linen/ 60 × 40 inches (approx. 152.4 × 101.6 cm)
DETAIL Untitled Self-Portrait (I Threw It All Away), 2017 /Oil and acrylic on linen/ 60 × 40 inches (approx. 152.4 × 101.6 cm)
DETAIL Untitled Self-Portrait (I Threw It All Away), 2017 /Oil and acrylic on linen/ 60 × 40 inches (approx. 152.4 × 101.6 cm)
DETAIL Untitled Self-Portrait (Shooting Star), 2017 /Oil and acrylic on linen/ 60 × 40 inches (approx. 152.4 × 101.6 cm)
DETAIL Untitled Self-Portrait (Shooting Star), 2017 /Oil and acrylic on linen/ 60 × 40 inches (approx. 152.4 × 101.6 cm)
DETAIL Untitled Self-Portrait (Blonde on Blonde), 2017 /Oil and acrylic on linen/ 60 × 40 inches (approx. 152.4 × 101.6 cm)
DETAIL Untitled Self-Portrait (Blonde on Blonde), 2017 /Oil and acrylic on linen/ 60 × 40 inches (approx. 152.4 × 101.6 cm)
DETAIL Untitled Self-Portrait (Workin' Day and Night), 2017 /Oil and acrylic on linen/ 150 × 100 cm (approx. 59.06 × 39.37 inches)
DETAIL Untitled Self-Portrait (Workin' Day and Night), 2017 /Oil and acrylic on linen/ 150 × 100 cm (approx. 59.06 × 39.37 inches)
DETAIL Untitled Self-Portrait (A New Career In A New Town), 2016 /Oil and acrylic on linen/ 60 × 40 inches (approx. 152.4 × 101.6 cm)
DETAIL Untitled Self-Portrait (A New Career In A New Town), 2016 /Oil and acrylic on linen/ 60 × 40 inches (approx. 152.4 × 101.6 cm)
DETAIL Untitled Self-Portrait (Success), 2016 /Oil and acrylic on linen/ 60 × 40 inches (approx. 152.4 × 101.6 cm)
DETAIL Untitled Self-Portrait (Success), 2016 /Oil and acrylic on linen/ 60 × 40 inches (approx. 152.4 × 101.6 cm)
DETAIL Untitled Self-Portrait (Every Day I Have To Cry), 2016 /Oil and acrylic on linen/ 60 × 40 inches (approx. 152.4 × 101.6 cm)
DETAIL Untitled Self-Portrait (Every Day I Have To Cry), 2016 /Oil and acrylic on linen/ 60 × 40 inches (approx. 152.4 × 101.6 cm)
DETAIL Untitled Self-Portrait (Can You Hear Me?), 2015 /Oil and acrylic on linen/ 60 × 40 inches (approx. 152.4 × 101.6 cm)
DETAIL Untitled Self-Portrait (Can You Hear Me?), 2015 /Oil and acrylic on linen/ 60 × 40 inches (approx. 152.4 × 101.6 cm)
DETAIL Untitled Self-Portrait (Prince), 2015 /Oil and acrylic on linen/ 60 × 40 inches (approx. 152.4 × 101.6 cm)
DETAIL Untitled Self-Portrait (Prince), 2015 /Oil and acrylic on linen/ 60 × 40 inches (approx. 152.4 × 101.6 cm)
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