New Statement

that is more concise than the normal rambling.....

Through countless hours of observing moving water, this work uses formal complementary elements
opacity/transparency,
repetition/chaos/uniqueness
to build dialogues about observation, movement, and pathfinding.

No matter what I am doing, three challenges always arise.

1. What do I genuinely see in front of me, and how do I represent it
with marks that will map what's been revealed?

2. Is there a break in the regularity that illuminates, by contrast, the uniformity of chaos
and the disorder of repetition?

3. Does any of this dictate a specific path to be followed, and just how far can I really see?


I hope to achieve universality through investigation of the specific subject/phenomenon
of moving water, both through it's observed appearance and my own interaction with it.
The research allows me to build a cycle of metaphors that include
art as water
water as life
life as art

Gallery Talk on Thursday, May 7 at 2:30 pm

in conjunction with the show at FDU in Teaneck.

I'll give a brief talk about the work hanging in the gallery at University Hall, focusing on content and intention, then we'll move downstairs to the studio for a brief demonstration on the techniques used to make the work.

This talk is geared toward the art students enrolled at Fairleigh Dickinson, but other people will be welcomed.

Lam Khong at Jaz B Studios in Denver

Lam was one of four house mates in Corciano, Italy in the fall of 2003. From that time, when I first met Lam, up to the present, his work has been relevant and inspirational. He achieves relevance without the (seemingly required in the art world today, or at least the articles) irony, by acknowleding both the temporal nature of humanity as well as it's beauty. He subjugates himself to the work, allowing the awesome to shine through, inspired by the long history of Christian painting, without lapsing into dogmatism.

Lam's work preserves pure curiosity and wonder about both physical and metaphysical ponderings through a human gaze upon the natural world. If you have an opportunity to see the work in person, it is surely worth the effort. You may rediscover a feeling of awe. You may not look at the world the same again.

Solo Show Opens in May

May 4 - June 12
at Fairleigh Dickinson University (Metropolitian Campus)
Teaneck, NJ
in the University Hall Gallery (1st floor)



1000 River Road
just south of route 4
across the street from Phelps Park

Kentler International Drawing Space

will display this drawing (for sale)




as part of their annual
100 Works on Paper
benefit for their exhibitions and public programs.

Reception (meet the participating artists) on Friday, April 17, 6 - 9pm
Benefit Exhibition Viewing from April 17 - May 10 (Thurs - Sun 12 - 5pm)
Benefit Event is Thursday, May 14 at 6pm

FDU residency

has allowed me to stretch some large canvases and (finally) work on some larger paintings



The painting (in progress) on the left is as tall as I am (squared), allowing the brushstrokes to be directly related to human scale.



The painting on the right is made on a door blank, thus measures 80" across and has (again) a direct relationship to a general human size.



Much of this water abstraction work has to do with two main things:
1. description of water instead of depiction; a conversation instead of camera-perfect
2. finding a path through which I can pass, either in a whitewater craft or visually

Empty space is left where detail is not needed, and mystery exists in reality.

strong currents