J Matthew Schley

I get hooked on certain words — I am drawing contradictions . I take. I like kinetic. I like stillness.
I draw conclusions that I am not aware of—
This sounds absurdly pretentious. It could be I am just fooling around. They are cartoons to pass the time
The last four drawing have become a more specific dialogue between a figurative means of representing and an abstract way of representing.
The idea that something is not what it first appears to be is perhaps an underlying theme of my work.

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