STATEMENT

Beginning with simple marks made with graphite or ink, I explore different systems within which those marks can function. One mark leads to the next, and so on. What is left is an accumulated residue of the time spent within each particular modality. Slowly each system exhausts itself or reaches its inherent structural conclusion. Sometimes this way of working manifests itself in pure non-objective process-oriented drawings, while other times, it becomes more illustrative and psychedelic. My work is always rooted in an exploration of minutia, mark-making, and a deep yearning for the sublime.

Even though my drawings function within strict guidelines, each piece has distinctive qualities. There is a macro and micro dichotomy—this tension makes the work feel unified. You are given the result and get to reflect on the moments that led to it.

Truth be told, this statement is a bit old. It reeks of grad school. Ugh. Honestly, my work has 180’d so much over the past year that I don’t know if I believe the two prior paragraphs anymore. They sound decent enough I suppose, but don’t get to the core of the matter. I guess I really want to delve into my subconscious more, tell stories through symbols, create unholy, one-sided pacts with other artists whom I love and shamelessly rip them off, and create characters who function as stand-ins. I want to dig deeper, find more, use more skills, and develop new imagery. I want to be a better artist and finally, at the age of 41, married, with two kids and a lot more emotional and physical baggage and experience than I had in my 20s, I might be inching closer to that elusive goal.