About

LONG BIO

Max grew up in a suburb of Washington D.C. where walls are painted one of three colors: grey, brown or white.  Growing up his narrow experience making visual art was relegated to drawing on the periphery of his school work.  It was not until he moved to Richmond, Virginia at the age of 17 that he was exposed to graffiti, murals and a general culture of the arts.  Drawing remained a compulsive habit for Max and in his early twenties he began translating those drawings onto walls with various types of paint, this became an obsession.  For much of his twenties Max spent time traveling and painting walls across the United States and abroad. These experiences reinforced his love for painting and provided him with infinite canvas to explore different techniques and to express an increasing interest in depicting the world.  Around 2019 Max took that creative momentum back inside and began studying oil painting techniques and traditional methods of representation.  He now divides his time as a full time artist between a committed oil painting discipline and mural painting.

ARTIST STATEMENT:

I am an artist who has an immense amount of fun making pictures and am consequently motivated to communicate that in my work, most often in the subjects I choose to represent.  The tradition of representation in art to make connections with each other is as old as the history of art itself and is a legacy that I believe remains inexhaustible even in the modern era.  I explore medium, technique and subject matter in order to remain flexible in depicting the evolving space we inhabit.  I am inspired by the technical ability of the old masters and the energy of graffiti writers and am humbled to participate in these traditions in the studio and on the wall.

Additional Information

Willing to be contacted for: All things painting.