Daniel Robbins

My oil paintings are created from videos I record on location. In my studio I string the videos together and paint from them. It is difficult to describe the loss of experiential elements when viewing a personal, lived event - especially one that is transformational - through a screen. The recorded version feels thin compared to the exhilaration we experience in the moment. But without it we would only have our memories, which dim and lose nuance over time. And a recorded experience can be replayed countless times in order to prolong and further understand the moment of transformation. Prolong the memory in order to relive it. In my work I seek to understand this paradox.