Throughout his practice, Fandell blurs the lines between traditional photography and other forms of art making such as painting and drawing. He mines the mundane and everyday to reveal the extraordinary often found in the ordinary, balancing these moments with a distinct blend of skepticism, irony, and humor. (His most recent series of composite photographs focuses on the basic fundamentals of the art making process, often while using unexpected source material. In the Blowouts series, Fandell references Franz Kline’s bold brush strokes and spontaneous gestures using multiple images of a single 7’ blown-out tire tread the artist found on the LA freeways he frequents.) http://www.traywick.com/gallery/fandell