Celebrated, mundane; appealing, discarded; real, fake; structured, messy; quick, slow; assumptions, well- observed; found object, representational painting; these elements are the key components to this thesis. My thesis presents a challenge to the viewer/audience through dichotomies in recognizable and, initially, unrecognizable forms. I use these elements to elevate or re-energize the mundane to the same level to the constructed figure contained in the image. For example, in most pieces, I use a combination of paint and refuse to construct an image of someone of a higher cultural status (past or present), such as a king or contemporary celebrity, while simultaneously putting what appears to be a plethora of cluttered detritus in outside areas. This garbage (found object, collage, assemblage, etc.) actually contains trompe l'oeil imagery hidden in plain sight. Additionally, elemental bridges such as half-tone dots, abstract-painted marks, and absences of construction are present. Ideally, the goal is to have the oppositions function on similar levels, (such as trompe l'oeil functioning as found object, found object functioning as trompe l'oeil) with the elemental bridges assisting this cause for transitional purposes. Furthermore, this equation ultimately leads these pieces to be completed with a non-hierarchy of the materials and images contained. A few artists that have influenced this idea are Vija Celmins, Robert Rauschenberg, and Kehinde Wiley.