THIS MUST BE THE PLACE

My creative process is an endless cycle of strategy, improvisation, rest, and reflection. It is intuitive and experiential. I attempt to play with the borders of interpretation by instigating visual interactions between forms and surfaces that are at once obvious and elusive. These paintings and drawings are tactile but illusory, sometimes sophisticated but also clumsy. The imagery functions as a purveyor of moods, personalities, and emotional resonance. In lieu of the manufactured products that are revered by our industrially driven society, they are the unapologetically strange artifacts of an individual’s creative will.

-JNC, 2018

**Isa |** 2018 | mixed media on canvas | 60 x 48 inches
*Personal Collection*

**Nocturne |** 2018 | mixed media on canvas | 30 x 24 inches

**Aida |** 2017 | mixed media on panel | 48 x 36 inches

2018.01.4836.001_ffffff.jpg — **Tango** | 2018 | mixed media on canvas | 48 x 36 inches

**Like A Dove**
2017
mixed media on canvas
20 x 16 inches
*Private Collection*

**Koala**
2018
mixed media on canvas
20 x 16 inches

**Sprout**
2018
mixed media on canvas
20 x 16 inches

**Black Caviar**
2018
mixed media on canvas
20 x 16 inches

2018.01.4836.002_ffffff.jpg — **Troien** | 2018 | mixed media on canvas | 48 x 36 inches

**Ike |** 2017 | mixed media on panel | 60 x 48 inches

**RUM**
2018
mixed media on canvas
20 x 16 inches

**Luima**
2018
mixed media on canvas
20 x 16 inches

**Natsu**
2018
mixed media on canvas
20 x 16 inches

**Mass**
2018
mixed media on canvas
20 x 16 inches

**Primal Soup**
2017
mixed media on canvas
30 x 24 inches
*Private Collection*

**Orchid**
2017
mixed media on canvas
30 x 24 inches

**Lully |** 2018 | mixed media on canvas | 40 x 30 inches

2018.01.3024.001_ffffff.jpg — **Stoned Sour**
2018
mixed media on canvas
30 x 24 inches

2018.01.3024.003_ffffff.jpg — **Mumble**
2018
mixed media on canvas
30 x 24 inches

THIS MUST BE THE PLACE • 2017-2018