I've been told I'm shorter than I sound.
People who like to laugh at life, themselves, me, and everyone else. :P Stop taking it all so seriously! __________________________________________________________Pa inting is a form of communication that at once surpasses and subverts most written language. My destination is expressing that which can’t be explained. Art is my vehicle. The imagery I use is a mixture of subconscious dream imagery and spontaneous drawing. I rarely begin a painting with a sketch, agenda or plan, rather an idea or an emotion that bears further exploration. I want the experience of my painting to be a catalyst to deeper introspection, a meditation on form and rhythm, a shared emotion rarely given voice. If there were only one reason for painting it would be to open the eyes of the soul, in the artist and in the viewer. Oftentimes my work is seen as depressing and moribund; however, it is my desire to provoke the audience into further thought upon the subject of their own mortality- not in a despairing sense, but rather with the joy of knowing that worldly matters are impermanent, imperfect and changeable things. Rather we should seek a happy death - one where we pass into the next life with the peace of knowing this one was lived well and to the fullest.