Painting Statement

Joseph Campbell, the cross-cultural mythologist once observed that people do not want to understand life;

they want to experience it as richly as they possibly can. I think about my paintings in a similar way.  Their

energy, movement, color and form leaves the surface and enters a space, or even better, the viewer. In their

essence each one of them is a celebration, and that is all they need to be.

Sculpture Statement


For over a decade, I have been exploring the artistic potential of trash and recyclable materials. Using pattern,

repetition and form, I’ve built sculptures, and installations that have blurred the identity of these everyday

materials, transforming them into playful, thought-provoking objects. I want my creations to act as artifacts

and evidence of the early 21^st century, and hope to do so by using materials that are no longer needed or valued

in an era of limited resources and extraordinary consumption and waste.