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I am fundamentally attracted to imagery of symbolic abstraction that relates to biological life. I’m also interested in technology.

Hypersock is a visually symbolic painting at that intersection.

For the last three years, I’ve explored the world on online business and dove deep into the labyrinth of the internet, seeking the proverbial pot of gold, hidden opportunities and the insider knowledge that allows some people to win so big while the rest struggle and struggle for the most modest income. It was a serious pursuit, and a journey in the spirit of Tehching Hsieh, the great endurance artist, and of Tracey Emin, art as a life lived and proclaimed art.

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Hypersock is like a disconnected neural pathway.

That’s because it’s one depiction of a journey through the internet. The internet offers millions of fixed paths, mostly defined by marketers and businesses. The whole affair is organic in the sense that so many people have contributed to the end product, but it is a fixed game. The intention of internet workers is that the journey will be fascinating, with lots of stimulation and wonder. Ultimately, the paths presented in this painting all end, or fail to make a connection to another body. It’s an open loop inside a closed loop.

Stage 1:

Made initial drawing on 1/2 sheet of Rives BFK.
“Gessoed” paper with two coats of gel medium
Mixed Mars Black with self-leveling gel and attempted to apply gradient glaze. Paper was inconsistently covered with gel medium and absorbed the glaze inconsistently, giving a very nice organic base to the painting.
Began to work to redefine the drawing with glaze.

Stage 2:

After redefining the drawing, with black glazing, I began to fill in the figure with several loose layers of Nova Colar, Super Pearl White.
The figure took on some new pathways thanks to the way the black glaze obscured the original drawing, forcing me to find some new logical paths.
Building up enough opacity in the figure to paint over again.

Stage 3:???

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