
Artist's Statement:
I construct, then de-construct images. I break them down into painted pixels, then blow the pixels up. Meaning is meaningless. The viewer may apply their own interpretation, or not. Painting is reduced to applying tiles of color.
Bio:
David Bottoms is a painter living and working in Joshua Tree, CA.
He received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of
California Santa Barbara, following a BFA from the University of
Oklahoma. Originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma, he lived in San
Francisco for 30 years - with a two year hiatus in Amsterdam - before moving to the High Desert in 2014.
He worked as a Motionographer before committing himself
exclusively to painting.