Refusing Closure in the Post-Certainty Era
July 15, 2025
We live in a post-certainty era. Many feel it, whether they name it or not. Grand narratives have collapsed, institutions have lost trust, and consensus
These essays are where I think in public about painting, perception, and the post-certainty era. They grow out of my studio work and out of Structural Omission, the framework I developed to hold the limits of observation, perception, and knowing inside realist and representational painting.
To cut straight to the theory start with one of these:
• Realism in the Age of AI: How Structural Omission Grounds Representational Painting in Perceptual Limits
• Structural Omission: A Framework for Representational Painting in the Post-Certainty Era
• The Artist Doesn’t Know: Epistemological Limits of Representation
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Rethinking Omission: From Technique to Structural Condition
July 13, 2025
. There’s a familiar argument in art writing: that omission is a technique. A deliberate choice to leave something out, to create ambiguity or provoke
Structural Omission Is the Opposite of Surrealism
July 12, 2025
Occasionally, when I share a new painting, I hear: “That feels surreal.” It’s not. Calling it that erases what is actually at stake. What Surrealism
Structural Omission Is Not Non-Finito
July 10, 2025
Structural Omission Is Not Non-Finito When people first encounter my paintings, the visible gaps and disruptions can look like incompletion. Art history has a name
The Unknowable is a Force That Shapes Reality
July 8, 2025
The Comfort of Filling Gaps In my recent work, I’ve been grappling with what it means to paint omission. It’s easy to think of omission
What I’m Taking With Me – NYC, June 2025
June 25, 2025
I came to New York to engage. I came for connection, for clarity. I didn’t chase events; I managed energy with precision. There’s a particular
Progress Report from the Woods – Byrdcliffe
June 12, 2025
Day 18 of 26 at Byrdcliffe.Three large paintings done. A fourth is nearly finished. Several successful experiments in disrupted realism and one small chipmunk who
New Work in Progress: Byrdcliffe Artist Residency, Week One
May 31, 2025
I’m currently in residence at the Byrdcliffe Artist Colony in Woodstock, NY, where I’m developing a new series of paintings grounded in my framework of
The Second Painting’s Already Pushing Back
May 31, 2025
One week in. One painting finished. The second is already pushing back. This is the good kind of resistance. The kind that tells me I’m
Post-Certainty: Structural Omission in Contemporary Art
May 17, 2025
Post-Certainty in Cultural Context We’re living in a time that performs certainty at every turn—answers delivered instantly, confidence faked at scale. But the ground has