Artist profile: Isaac Payne

I have had 23 addresses in my life. John Ford's Westerns are my boo. In the city or the great outdoors, I've always been drawn to the idea of place. When I first saw one of Isaac Payne's collage paintings of a city block, I was surprised to feel so strongly about the architectural elements. Some buildings were well-defined; others were half-assembled to the point that I couldn't tell if they were crumbling or under construction. All seemed to me to be characters in a story, imbued with intentions and emotions as strong as any experienced by the people who might move inside and around them. 

I was able to interview Isaac for this piece in HappeningsCLT. We talked at length about his ideas of place and the presence/absence of narrative in his work. Click the picture or the link to check it out....

"The Suggested Narrative of Place: In the Studio with Isaac Payne"