Archive - MEPAINTSME

The Asheville, North Carolina-based artist shares his eclectic path as an artist, and giving himself over to the process of making paintings.

Jun 15

"I like when one art form contradicts another and when different works reveal hidden sides of the artist."

Jun 1

May 2025

“....I want my drawings to feel short of convincing, for the viewer to be unable to quite locate herself, be it above or below ground, on land or in…

May 11

April 2025

"For me, every new piece is creating a world, mapping it, and getting myself lost in it, all at the same time."

Apr 28

"The ideas of 'what if' and 'why not' are the driving forces. I am living vicariously through drawing."

Apr 13

March 2025

February 2025

Gabrielle Garland

"I don’t want to impose a particular meaning on a space or a painting, but I want to study and document all the ways we experience space.“

Feb 16

Alexandra Duprez

NOTE: We will be returning Sunday February 16th with an all new artist interview. Until then I hope you enjoy one of my first interviews on Substack…

Feb 2

January 2025

"I am interested in that knot of tension between grotesque atmospheres and the delicacy of the figures.... to ensure that the sinister does not devour…

Jan 19

"Painting ideas have their own agenda and come out how they want to be."

Jan 5

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