Imported Beer
– Paintings on canvas recall personal moments of connection, where I use the tools I know best – painting and beer – to discover a new home and sort through feelings of alienation
Hanging here near the entrance of a church, it functions almost like a hymn board—and another selection from which to choose.
Hi, Neighbor comes from Narragansett Beer, a local comfort in the American northeast.
Long Live the King hails the ‘King of Beer’ and the move to a country with a still existing monarchy. The beer can’s diameter in the painting is the same as the British crown itself--a quiet refusal to relinquish small town, American roots.
The Back in Black paintings utilize imagery from San Francisco’s 21st Amendment Brewery and late-night grilling affairs. The camera flash is awkward like hands stuffed in pockets and sharing about the hard parts of life. Paul Revere is featured on Back in Black IPA’s cans—the man who announced a British invasion during the American Revolutionary War.
The Back in Black paintings utilize imagery from San Francisco’s 21st Amendment Brewery and late-night grilling affairs. The camera flash is awkward like hands stuffed in pockets and sharing about the hard parts of life. Paul Revere is featured on Back in Black IPA’s cans—the man who announced a British invasion during the American Revolutionary War.
