Ever since I started painting some 13 years ago I have always felt uncomfortable signing my name to a piece of finished art . To me it seemed to be a compositional distraction which took away from the artwork itself. It was no surprise then to find myself as a an enthusiast and moderate practitioner of street art to eventually adopt a logo in place of a signature. Given my history and place in time, it simply made the most sense. I was born into the culture of the brand. But the history of the design of my personal logo has been one of constant change and progression.
I began designing a logo for myself at the peek of my interest in theology and digital media. At the time, I was obsessed with questions about my faith and the pursuit of knowledge. I read theology and apologetics and produced graphic design. I thus designed a digital logo around these themes in the form of a “K” with an inset question mark which symbolized my efforts and frustrations. This, it seemed to me, represented the largest part of my identity at that time.
Years later, as academic pursuits of knowledge failed to supply the comfort I had sought and my faith gave way to more mystical notions, my logo changed to represent the idea of new birth. At this time I attempted to balance the cerebral aspects of my faith with its effect and praxis. My academic pursuits had lead me to a focus on language while the practice of my faith had become immersed in the liturgical grammar of faith. I then represented myself with a logo shaped as the letter “B” as in “birth” or “Born”. Yet in this logo the dialogue balloon itself had first appeared, and it would come to define my present artistic identity.
Moving away from digital media, as I began to produce paintings concerning language, linguistics and the practice of interpretation, it became natural and easy to simplify the “B” logo and paint only the dialogue bubble which came to represent the act of speech itself. Before long I became attached to the dialogue balloon and slowly came to represent me and my art. Even now however, this logo is still in progression. As I come to further consider the meaning of speech and its use in our world, and most particularly the christian faith, the logo itself has continued to morph into a dialogical mode representing a dialogue between God and humanity. What it will become yet remains, but the form has been given as I continue to name what has already been named. - Name[d].
I began designing a logo for myself at the peek of my interest in theology and digital media. At the time, I was obsessed with questions about my faith and the pursuit of knowledge. I read theology and apologetics and produced graphic design. I thus designed a digital logo around these themes in the form of a “K” with an inset question mark which symbolized my efforts and frustrations. This, it seemed to me, represented the largest part of my identity at that time.
Years later, as academic pursuits of knowledge failed to supply the comfort I had sought and my faith gave way to more mystical notions, my logo changed to represent the idea of new birth. At this time I attempted to balance the cerebral aspects of my faith with its effect and praxis. My academic pursuits had lead me to a focus on language while the practice of my faith had become immersed in the liturgical grammar of faith. I then represented myself with a logo shaped as the letter “B” as in “birth” or “Born”. Yet in this logo the dialogue balloon itself had first appeared, and it would come to define my present artistic identity.
Moving away from digital media, as I began to produce paintings concerning language, linguistics and the practice of interpretation, it became natural and easy to simplify the “B” logo and paint only the dialogue bubble which came to represent the act of speech itself. Before long I became attached to the dialogue balloon and slowly came to represent me and my art. Even now however, this logo is still in progression. As I come to further consider the meaning of speech and its use in our world, and most particularly the christian faith, the logo itself has continued to morph into a dialogical mode representing a dialogue between God and humanity. What it will become yet remains, but the form has been given as I continue to name what has already been named. - Name[d].
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