As a painter I am concerned with the formal aspects of design and composition, a beautifully rendered surface, and the ongoing improvement of technique. The use of layers, patterns and placement become tools for the manipulation of perception.  I recognize that factual realism is deeply rooted in abstraction and I embrace that dichotomy, therefore, not bound by any one technique I utilize wide-ranging styles and mediums.

As an image-maker I look to history, science, philosophy, pop culture and the mundane for inspiration.  I am an eclectic collector of visual information archiving fragments of existence from the Internet, books, movies, television and the everyday absurdity of modern American life.  Through chance, intuition and humor I arrange disparate fragments of imagery to find new relationships of meaning that suit my conceptual goals.

As an artist I am a punch line documentarian, an embedded reporter digesting experience and emitting a personal translation of perception.  At first glance much of my work has the impact a stop sign on a dark night.  Some are a slap in the face, some a mere tap on the shoulder, meant to reach out and grab an audience of ever decreasing attention span.  A closer inspection of the anatomy reveals a manufactured collaboration of objects and images with multiple layers of meaning.  The work is seldom planned allowing concept to develop at pace with the activity.  Each work is individual, with a unique personality, open to viewer interaction and interpretation.