I had always wanted to make formally attractive abstractions of porn, as a kind of cynical commentary on contemporary painting. I started downloading various images that were interesting for whatever reason. These I cropped and processed with a function key in Photoshop, printed on canvas and repainted. It started as yet another way to integrate the rituals of daily life into my work. But I began looking differently, not leering, but thinking, “Would this picture of ass-fucking make a good painting?” Then it got dull and I started pissing on the canvases instead.
All: Oil on Iris on Canvas 24" x 24"
