Artist Statement

My painting traverses the spectrum of abstraction and figuration. I often incorporate scale in my work that relates to human proportions, allowing the viewer to connect with the piece on a personal level. In my work, I investigate and critique the modern visual world, anticipating the physical manner in which a viewer might encounter it.

Growing up in Northern California my early visual tastes ran from Car Culture to Zap Comics . And then, becoming aware of Hans Hoffman (at the Berkeley Museum) and the Bay Area Figurative painters and Bruce Conner. From there to Schwitters, Gorky, et al. A number of British Artists, from Richard Hamiliton to early David Hockney also played a role influencing my work. I don’t necessarily look to these artists for direction or inspiration but rather discover as much in the course my practice.

I am concerned with the gestalt of seeing and how my paintings are experienced by the viewer. I use ambiguity to open a door to the experience and to engage with the work. Ultimately, my work is concerned with the impact of the modern world on our senses, and how we perceive and engage with the visual world around us. I aim to create pieces that are viscerally experienced and invite the viewer to consider their own relationship to the world around them.