Artist Statement:
No matter how I like to deceive myself that I have some ounce of control over my art the reality of the situation is that it has control over me. My art is spur-of-the-moment, there is no planning involved…it is simply thought, thought, thought, and run. Planning simply ruins the candidness. The truth is that I rather like it this way. To me, the intimacy of that image or object
becomes extant with humanity. It boggles me the things we can communicate without even trying. I am that type of personality who demands a reaction to my statements, if I thought the idea didn’t matter then I wouldn’t be making such an effort to convey it. Size is how I demand my interaction. I can manipulate, influence, affect, and surround you. As to engulf you I let you share that same experience which brought me to the subject. My artistry is nothing but experiences and influences. The experiences are things that I have put myself into or drug myself out of. And these influences come from people – artists and professors – sometimes both, or people that have only floated along with me for small portions of time. I create out of yearning. I create because I cannot help to. I have no power in refraining.
