troutfishinginwatermelon

troutfishinginwatermelon's work begins with colour — colours to leak, rattle, and unsettle what’s happening behind the eyes.

Music plays a central role in the artist's process. A record on repeat quietly shapes the direction and vocabulary of each piece.

When the eyes feel tired, troutfishing walks away — sometimes for days, sometimes weeks — before returning to a piece.

When disconnection creeps in, troutfishing seeks either the woods or downtown — places that offer opposite kinds of grounding, but grounding all the same.

Words surface everywhere in the work, intentionally or not.

Language presses itself into the visual, into the structure, into the way meaning forms.

Over time, the practice has taught troutfishing something simple: just sit down and create.

Lately, the artist is unlearning the habit of trying too hard.

If troutfishing could speak to his younger self now, he’d offer this: don’t take yourself too seriously. And laugh.