This series is about people, identity and the idea that in todays world of social media we are essentially forced to define ourselves visually online. How does this inform us?

Face IT is a series of portraits that explore how people choose to represent themselves to the public. These images are the individuals own "Profile" photos from their Facebook page. This first series is chosen from my "friends" on Facebook. They are all artist, photographers, filmmakers, writers or musicians. As such, I felt that they would have intent behind the images they choose.

This portrait series brings a social media consciousness that both questions and celebrates the idea of people. Like an inner voice that examines oneself, how do these images inform us?

Seeking a comfortable balance between realism and painterly expressive brushwork that allows the viewer room to enter the images with their own ideas.

Inspired by a Gerhard Richter show that included black and white portraits, I wondered what can be said in portraiture that hasn't been said in the past two thousand years? Face IT is the result of that search.