[Script Info]
Title: 
[Events]
Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.02,0:00:03.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(soulful tranquil music)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.23,0:00:11.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(intriguing tranquil ethereal music)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.59,0:00:19.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- The protocol of painting\Nis very slow and meditative,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.87,0:00:25.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think that's what\NI appreciate about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.17,0:00:32.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a space that I'm very comfortable in.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.42,0:00:36.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(intriguing tranquil ethereal music)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.20,0:00:41.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it's become really good
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.88,0:00:44.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for my mental health. (laughs)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.61,0:00:51.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a dynamism that\Nhappens with these images
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.51,0:00:55.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where it becomes about\Nthat singular moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.22,0:00:59.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(intriguing tranquil ethereal music)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.88,0:01:03.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(objects clacking)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.88,0:01:07.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, it's on the table in the break room.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.48,0:01:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was introduced to these bikers\Nwhen I moved to Baltimore.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.96,0:01:18.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although most people\Nconsider them a nuisance,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.75,0:01:20.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think there's something so fantastic
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.64,0:01:23.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about their ability to teach themselves
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.67,0:01:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these highly skilled ways\Nof riding these dirt bikes.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.15,0:01:34.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're riding at this\N12 o'clock position,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.02,0:01:35.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is straight up and down,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.74,0:01:41.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but a lot of times their\Nhands are off of the bike,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.01,0:01:42.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's a sense of freedom.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.42,0:01:48.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to try to capture\Nthis effect of, like, flying.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.81,0:01:54.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although these are dirt bikes,\Nand dirt bikes are loud,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.84,0:01:56.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these paintings are kind of quiet,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.17,0:02:01.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if they've been lifted off the ground,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.56,0:02:02.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're flying in the air,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.99,0:02:06.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's just like this moment of silence.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.21,0:02:12.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(intriguing tranquil ethereal music)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.36,0:02:17.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(street bustling)\N(wind whooshing)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.72,0:02:21.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was born in 1973.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.81,0:02:24.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were always outside riding our bikes.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.31,0:02:31.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we all turned like, I\Ndon't know, like 11 or 12,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.08,0:02:34.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,somebody's parents got\Nthem like a scooter,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.08,0:02:35.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then everybody got a scooter.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.88,0:02:37.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So all of us had...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.40,0:02:41.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was like a gang of,\Nlike, 12 or 13 kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.07,0:02:43.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we'd be riding around on our scooters.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.19,0:02:46.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was an all-American childhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.75,0:02:50.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(intriguing tranquil ethereal music)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.94,0:02:52.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I kind of feel like a giant in here now.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.62,0:02:59.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's like the piggy bank (chuckles)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.61,0:03:02.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I painted in art\Nclass in high school.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.99,0:03:05.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to push this window up
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.46,0:03:07.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put my boombox in the window,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.92,0:03:10.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I remember memorizing
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.95,0:03:13.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prince: "Sign O' The Times," (chuckles)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.65,0:03:15.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and playing it over and over again
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.78,0:03:17.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with my cassette tape player.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.91,0:03:22.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(intriguing tranquil ethereal music)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.15,0:03:27.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Artists have been painting\Nchildren for a very long time,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.29,0:03:31.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(intriguing tranquil ethereal music)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.54,0:03:35.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it feels like another way
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.43,0:03:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of making a traditional painting.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.60,0:03:43.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea was having this\Nslide in the sky, almost,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.91,0:03:47.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it seems like he's\Njust reached this pinnacle,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.61,0:03:52.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, he's this pioneer\Nstanding on top of a mountain.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.66,0:03:59.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to join him in\Nthat moment of exploration.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.10,0:04:03.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(intriguing tranquil ethereal music)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.61,0:04:07.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was living in Baltimore,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.89,0:04:10.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had the opportunity to work on a farm.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.71,0:04:13.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's some of the hardest\Nwork I've ever done,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.23,0:04:16.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I have a great respect\Nfor the ministry of that,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.23,0:04:17.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of, like, growing food.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.23,0:04:22.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My model, his name is Denzel,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.12,0:04:26.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is just a very special person
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.04,0:04:29.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who's very passionate\Nabout teaching people
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.31,0:04:31.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to grow their own food\Nand where it comes from.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.34,0:04:37.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I named the painting "A God Blessed Land"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.92,0:04:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in thinking about American soil,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.46,0:04:46.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my ancestral connections\Nto farming and plantations.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.31,0:04:52.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alongside that, I also want it
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.29,0:04:56.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to just be, like, a regular\Nmoment of a guy's life.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.78,0:05:01.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(intriguing tranquil ethereal music)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.50,0:05:03.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(metal screeching)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.19,0:05:05.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(metal clanking)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.81,0:05:09.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the work is\Nevolving and I'm evolving,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.39,0:05:11.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've had to change my process up some.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.38,0:05:15.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Painting this large is very different
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.39,0:05:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from what I've always done my whole life.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.41,0:05:21.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's something that I'm\Nstill getting used to.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.63,0:05:27.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Certain things have to\Nbe more exaggerated,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.09,0:05:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, highlights have\Nto be more exaggerated
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.58,0:05:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to still come to life,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.28,0:05:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you're, you know, 10\Nor 15, 20 feet back from it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.14,0:05:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, it's really about\Ngetting the face in first.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.72,0:05:47.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially after I get the eyes in,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.66,0:05:50.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's when the image kind of comes alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.84,0:05:55.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(intriguing tranquil music)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.70,0:06:03.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi, Alice.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.67,0:06:08.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanna like hop over,\N(chuckles) get closer.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.57,0:06:13.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(intriguing tranquil ethereal music)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.20,0:06:14.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This one, when I look at it,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.11,0:06:18.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't see anything I wanna fix,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.94,0:06:21.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which sometimes I'm like,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.85,0:06:24.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, I wish I could do this\Nto it, or do that to it,"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.65,0:06:27.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I don't see anything that I wanna fix.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.02,0:06:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love beauty.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.78,0:06:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know beauty's a bad word,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.10,0:06:38.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I like to make things\Nthat make people feel good,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.01,0:06:44.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think beautiful\Npaintings are important.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.39,0:06:48.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(intriguing tranquil\Nethereal upbeat music)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.51,0:06:52.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say figuration is like\Nthe soul food of art-making,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.17,0:06:53.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's like what takes you back home,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.58,0:06:58.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what you eat when you need comfort.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.03,0:07:02.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we all need that at some point.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.22,0:07:06.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(intriguing tranquil ethereal music)