Artist Statement

I use a visual vocabulary, heavy with saturated colors, which provides a highly fluid, accessible, and expressive language. I tend to explore the personal attachments to the things that serve as talismans, icons, and lucky charms of the human condition. Some of these are personal, while others are cultural.

Classic icons of the past are displayed in stark, simple surroundings. Isolated people stand in abstracted/graphic environments. Strong horizon lines, divided sections, and borders consistently serve as a common thread throughout the entire body of work. The crisp edge of painters tape is insanely satisfying.

My best work comes from when I listen to This American Life podcasts. I always have a cup of tea or glass of wine by my side, but I usually forget to drink it…it just sits there dangerously close to the water I use to clean my brushes.