Dan Grissom
Everyone is humming a different tune than me. I found your memory in a box full of pictures and thread Roger was pretty easy to spot in a crowd In a suit at the edge of the world Bill's week of relaxation on the Ohio River nearing the end of a misguided lucid dream traveling via thought balloons behind the underdog the collector morning.  too early. Jack always had a fondness for horses. at least they didn't bring the riot gear evolution of a taxi Man, canoes are expensive. The moon is made of almonds.  I know it. I thought we were just going to get hot dogs. self-portrait as an introspective toddler teach her some things about which to talk Tom Joad's neighbor with dusty teeth who knew the math teacher had a posse? darling?  does the sun always set that close? the top dogs have no love for the human condition we'll meet up with Apollo on the artificial horizon you're too young to know anything about art would you like this if it were a pig? they say he talks to animals the bishop rum season she was a heavy sleeper pothead
someone else's memories
This is my recent and current work. The objective with these paintings is to create an implied narrative coupling realistic imagery with non-representational mark-making.

I am interested in exploring how the human brain treats memories. Why do we remember some things and not others? With this body of work, some things are left unresolved, because our memories are not perfect. We only remember the things that are most important to us, while other details are left out.

Like the surrealists, I am also interested in exploring what occurs in dreams. I prefer, however, to explore the dreams rooted in reality, except for minor quirks here and there. Have you ever had a dream that was just weird enough for you to know it was a dream, but just real enough for you to question it? Or have you ever had something happen to you in reality that was too strange to be real, and seemed like a dream? Those are the types of situations I am interested in creating.
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