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I was proudly born in the Carolinas 23 years ago to the most amazing parents in the world. I began my education at Converse College where I originally pursued an interior design degree, until I met Andrew Blanchard who mentored me and inspired my artistic expression, to which I decided art would be a better served path for me to take in life. I will graduate in May 2008 with my BFA. After a recuperative break I will attend graduate school and hopefully teach art somewhere in the world and continue to make work and inspire others.
I approach my life and my work with reckless honesty. Unafriad to bluntly display the dramatic and often sacred moments of my life through film and onto paper, I express the emotions, thoughts, memories, and desires that most people would rather deny or hide.
Often known for shock value, I simply wish to confront issues and complex emotions which most people find uncomfortable. I am a strong believer in being true to yourself and your feelings no matter how ridiculous, taboo, or aggressive and I thoroughly enjoy broadcasting these obsurdities to the world.I hope that this pure approach to my work will evoke the hidden thoughts and desires of my audience.
There often seems to be an unsaid connection between me and a certain sect of people within my social circle. I enjoy drawing out the things that they are often afraid to admit. Though I've begun to take a more subtle and sentimental approach to my work (due to a recent life-threatening illness), I still manage to express the underlying desires, sexual frustrations, and animosity that we all have in common.
My goal is to become the Muhammad Ali of the Art World. My inner-artist was awakened after meeting a man with a skeleton-like face and body who taught me to weld. My work will always be dedicated to that wonderfully kind and somewhat creepy man who is now only a memory. The art that I am creating now consists of mostly found materials and the subject matter often includes antique bicycles, skeletons and items of an almost carnival-like nature.
I weld and create art so my children don't have to.
I was born in the small town of Toronto, Ohio, overlooking the rust. Raised on skateboards and heavy metal, I always knew that there was more to life than inheriting your father’s bar stool.
After twelve years of being a managing partner in a restaurant corporation and wearing a shirt and tie to work every day of my sixty-hour work week, I sold out, packed up my family and relocated to Spartanburg.
At 34 years old, I picked up a brush for the first time in fifteen years and painted. With no formal training but a love of low-brow and folk art I locked myself away and took an oath that would create my truth through art. Born out of anxiety, rock & roll, heartbreak and loss of love, I started a series that can only be described as low-brow folk art.
Asked about influences I would say that sometimes art creates itself. I never felt comfortable with my work but when I came to the crossroads, I made a decision that everything in me will be on display. For better or worse, there it is.
Future art plans include a series of pieces based on a story of mine, done in much the same style as my recent work. I have also been working with private collectors and have plans to do some large-scale fine art pieces.
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Gallery Hours:
M-F 10a.m.-5p.m.
except when we are hanging an exhibit or when the space is hosting a private function.
Films:
Shown on select Thursdays and Saturdays.
Check "Event Schedule" for more details.
Hub City Writers Night:
Literary events (readings, speakers, etc.)
Select Monday evenings at 7:30 p.m.
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Live Music:
Fridays and other select nights, showtimes
vary. Check "Event Schedule" for more details.
Mailing Address:
The Showroom at Hub-Bub
149 S.Daniel Morgan Ave.
Suite #2
Spartanburg, SC 29306
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