Artwork Collection

01 For Jurying Consideration

For Jurying

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To a Different Way to Think
To a Different Way to Think

Painting

To a Different Way to Think

This work balances the minimal and maximal to abstract a story and consider how life and time impact memory.

Aff-ouch-aaa-hot-hot-hot-ahh-ooo-ach
Aff-ouch-aaa-hot-hot-hot-ahh-ooo-ach

Painting

Aff-ouch-aaa-hot-hot-hot-ahh-ooo-ach

Thinking about the fine line between humanity and nature, the refusal of new thinking due to comfort in old thinking, and how sticky the leather seats of my parents '94 Cavalier were when we went to the zoo that one time. This work was built up... More

Flowers for the Sick and Dead
Flowers for the Sick and Dead

Painting

Flowers for the Sick and Dead

Two paintings are on top of each other. The first (under) layer is about burnout. And then a long enough period of time passed. The second (outer) layer is about my Grandma's death during the pandemic.

To Get to the Other Side (Bawk Bawk) Pt. 3
To Get to the Other Side (Bawk Bawk) Pt. 3

Painting

To Get to the Other Side (Bawk Bawk) Pt. 3

Reflecting on the tipping point between not enough and too much, this panel explores arbitrary distinctions we can make using signs, letters, and numbers. I explored different organizing principles, which are there for us to help make sense of the... More

Fake Plants
Fake Plants

Painting

Fake Plants

By starting my process by abstracting the alphabet and other signs with, what became, a collage approach where each layer that is built up by some sort of material experiment (experiments in application, additive methods, subtractive methods, and... More

"Can you drive me to Shopper’s? I need powder for my athlete’s foot." #3
"Can you drive me to Shopper’s? I need powder for my athlete’s foot." #3

Painting

"Can you drive me to Shopper’s? I need powder for my athlete’s foot." #3

A fun painting built up using varying material processes and experiments.

Thomas Edison is my Mother
Thomas Edison is my Mother

Painting

Thomas Edison is my Mother

Material experiments make this abstracted story possible. Reflecting on how my good ideas are your bad ideas, and how us interacting with what our own idea of home is can help shape our identity.

Bob Ross Burned Down the White House
Bob Ross Burned Down the White House

Publication

Bob Ross Burned Down the White House

A long story, shared too shrt.

Traffic
Traffic

Installation

Traffic

Installation of 5 pieces (1 door, 2 panels, and 2 stringers)

Work by

Adam Gourlay

Drawing, Painting, Writing, Performance

“Curveball”