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 Art is the instrument through which my ideas, life stories and observations take form. I work in a wide range of two and three dimensional media, including installation, painting, drawing, printmaking, collage and photography depending on the needs of the piece. My approach to making art is process based, experimental and playful. While working and creating iconography, I enjoy scribbling, scratching and erasing as well as delicately rendered lines and shapes. 

  For the past five years I have been working on a series I’ve  titled “Misfits, Monsters and Pretty Things”. The characters from this series live in everywhere USA. In a world, very much like my own, full of love and violence, confusion and clarity and many other contradictions. The pieces mirror my life. I am a daydreamer a pacifist and an optimist, a combination of characteristics that are not particularly appreciated in our society. Thats weird to me.

   

The following is a list of themes i think of when i draw.

Tiki's
Totems

diversity

non conformity

playfulness
Anarchism

fright

confusion

force fields
stubbornness 

 The media i use is an active participant in the making of all my pieces. I invite the medium to take and relinquish control of the piece. The physical experience of drawing is unlike any other medium. I enjoy the various ways graphite engraves the paper depending on the pressure applied. This medium lets me combine my messy, scribbly side with my controlled, organized side. I also like erasing marks, reworking the piece until it pleases me. Conversely ink challenges me to be honest about mark making. Once the pen hits the paper there is no turning back, no erasing, it has taught me to trust the line, to let go of control. I use collage as a tools to help me organize and discover new compositions. Printmaking lets me combine all

Print Making.... i love the flatness of the colors and repetition.

Photography.... I use my camera for documentation, to show how the pieces progress.