Granfalloon 2026

In conversation with each other, these works – though completed years apart – touch on a feeling of disconnection in spite of supposed increases to connectivity. No my way (2016-2018), which I somewhat ironically consider to be my first 'serious' painting (as un-seriously as possible), represents a commitment to my own messy pursuit of learning and artmaking – an explorer walking into the dark, leaving home, asking questions. spill (2025) might be read as a second step in that narrative, throwing thoughts and feelings at the ether while teetering along rather precariously. Alternatively, perhaps they should be read backwards, as spill asks "Where are u?" and No my way responds "[on] my way," taking a step beyond the sad clown to look for wonder and connection in the universe. Either way, the paintings share Vonnegut's ethos and sarcasm. They're existential, bordering nihilistic, and represent a search for meaning from my position as an "interchangeable part of the American machine," much like Dr. Wilbur Daffodil-11 Swain or Vonnegut himself.

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