Artist
Statement
Thank you for taking the time to look at my work, it is
appreciated. My art is an expression of the moment, the
place in which I am at the moment of creation. I am
interested in the process as much as the product. I work
with paint, among other mediums. I work abstractly. My
conceptual influences are music, emotions, the materials,
and the textures of the earth. Each work is a culmination
of the moment and the preparation that has brought me to
that moment. This can include; the physical act of
constructing a canvas in a woodshop, it could be driving in
the rain the night before the creation, or the artistic
critique of an old friend. I believe that the people,
teacher, and mentors I have met along the way have really
given me the opportunity to grow as a creator of art. They
have given me the space and motivation necessary to
continue to improve and create. It is appreciated
Art allows me to go back and forth between my two worlds.
One is a place of creation and dream and the other is a
place of subsistence and work. Each work is like giving
birth. Each birth brings a new creation into the world with
a life of its own. Does it hang on your wall? Hide it away
in garage? Give it away? Sell it to someone?
Art is a place I go for rejuvenation, release and
relaxation. I find similar
parallels
between being alone deep in nature and creating. Art gives
me the luxury to do thing other cannot or chose not to do.
This makes me feel grateful, elite part of a long line of
artists who helped shape our sense of humanity. Art gives
me experiences I would never have had otherwise. To work in
a metal shop steel, heat, and electricity, work in film or
video capturing moments in time, work in the colors of oils
and the feel of the brush, or work with moist clay in your
hands…
My pieces are like Rorschach tests. Everyone sees different
things in them. Some things people say to describe my work
include terrestrial
color planes, abstract landscapes,
self-portraits. Perhaps
because I like to make my paintings when I am alone, many
wonder about the process, the materials and the techniques
that I use. I work with considerable speed alone but often
save my refinement of each work for the times when others
are present in a communal studio. People seem to like to
try to guess what I have placed in these works or what the
shapes represent. I will leave that guess work up to
you.