THE Magazine - Dallas / Forthworth

Surfaces and openings, elevations and excavations; implementing materials and processes such as digital art, photography, inks, oil paint, lexan, encaustic wax, abaca fibers, yupo, graphite, powdered pigments, rubber and wire. "I find these mediums give an intriguing combination of both control and loss of control. Going with them allows me to explore and develop a universe." Bonny Leibowitz ...more info

Growing up in St. Louis, Missouri, Pierce was often confronted with the symbol of the black face lawn jockey. As “a firm believer in owning insults” he has used these images as the source of one of his series; working to deplete them of their negative connotations and power. A strong advocate that we must sometimes use our imagination to create our own world due to harshness of this world, Pierce invents a world of his own comprised of his own daydreams and stories he creates from passer-bys on the street....more info