Artist Statement

Simply said, my goal is to create appealing art that addresses issues of the environment and a multitude of human conditions. 

I am most struck by opposites: light and shadow, line and angle, color and tones, as well as attraction and aversion. I use meaningful visual contexts to explore contradictory feelings and ideas via photomontage, wall-art and poetry.

An example of my work exploring contrasts is my Operative Oppositions photomontage series. It reveals opposing issues: warfare with performance, battle with vulnerability, religion with the secular, and so on. In spite of disease, social injustice and other hindrances — we live with camaraderie in our daily regimens. Thus the title: Operative Oppositions. 

Abstract art pieces offer viewers a meditative opportunity to feel and interpret color and shape. I hope that the study of my images may stimulate internal dialogue and reflective feedback. 

VISUAL THEMES INCLUDE:

The “Geometrics One & Two" series mix, match and re-envision existing and personal images, which create a new visual/structural relationship. 

"Metro Melts” and my “Heatwave” series abstract three existing buildings and other elements, creating a lyrical and sensuous beauty in their melding. 

My “Operative Oppositions” series juxtapose the arts and vulnerability with warfare. I ask the viewer to take in the entirety. Deconstruct and ponder images, which can be disturbing and ultimately constructive.

The “Walls” images communicate protectionism with hopes and fears. I will leave their interpretation up to the viewer. Note a similar concept coming into Berk’s “Global” series as well.

The “Stumped” series takes a dead tree trunk and explores where it might have been and what it may have experienced. This imaginative and amusing series illustrates the concept that inner tree rings have logged-in history. 

Thank you for considering the images on my website. 

All images are printed on museum quality acid-free paper with archival inks.