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“Bringing The Outside In” is on view through June 2025 at The Ox Museum, Indeed Brewing, 711 15th Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413.
Photo courtesy of Derek Meier
EM: If you had to summarize your artistic practice in two sentences, what would you say?
DM: My process is one of action and redaction. I oscillate between two modes: instinctive action painting and editing back mark making to bring constructs and narratives into focus.
EM: I’m loving these paintings with bold mark-making and divided picture planes – can you tell us a bit about what influences this work?
DM: Much of my visual influence is built on landscapes that hold collaboration of organic and man made forms and finding space to invent within them.
EM: What else are you working on right now, and what should folx look forward to?
DM: I’m presently building a body of work for a solo show at Artistry this November.
Photo courtesy of Derek Meier