I'm an artist, and a graphic designer. I'm very in to photography, but it's really more for fine art than commercial or band shooting. If you need or know anyone that needs a logo/ad/webpage/t-shirt/album cover or any other graphic designed please get in touch with me.
E-mail me at [email protected]!
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- ART -

I'm going to keep new projects posted here because it makes things easy. I've put more work into my darker natured art up to this point, but there is much more to come.
A goal of mine (with the darker art), in the words of Diane Arbus; "to show that this is not the best of all possible worlds," But at the same time I want to show what the world can be, and the amazing thing that has been for me. I've recently chosen not to limit myself to any one way of thinking about or approach to creating art.
Art is a way of ridding myself of frustration, and a way of exploring ideas about how we're spending our time here on this planet in general. I create to bring myself down to earth... to keep myself grouded in the fact that I'm just some guy, and with the intent of inspiring others to question their own ways of living.
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Title:

Sorrow

Concept:

This is open for interpretation as far as how it represents what the title means. It was created for "Visions on a theme" at www.thedavecave.us

Materials:

Five digital photographs and about 9 hours of photoshopping.

Title:

Altarpiece of Rejuvination

Concept:

It was something like "People think that life in the movies is unreal, but I think that it's real life that's unreal." - Andy Warhol. My job was to interpret that quote. What I think Warhol is getting at is that many movies are just a simplification of real life, therefore they're much more believable than the true complexity of real life in many cases. The things that happen do so naturally, it's all man-made which means it had to have been based on something that had previously happened, been examined or analyzed etc. I agree completely... and so to support that, I am portraying the un-reality of my own reality. (This is also a simplification, and so it ends up being my own personal version of a movie) I am constantly in some sort of mental cycle. I experience everything; light and dark, good and bad, all of it. Then I gestate (allow thoughts to sit in my mind). Then I purge... this is often in the form of an art project. I 'puke' out all of the shit, everything that bothers me, and I organize it. I make things tangible so I can understand what I'm thinking more clearly. Every person has some way of dealing with their problems - art is my therapy. After I've purged I really come around to see everything much more clearly. When I'm stressed, depressed, or otherwise feeling mentally pressed I often fail to see the whole picture. After I've gotten everything out, and realized what I was doing wrong.. I get to experience that euphoria we call happiness.

Materials:

Photographs of lovely girlfriend wearing white face-paint surrounded by torn drop cloths splattered with black latex paint. Some yarn and other cloth as well.
As presented:
Close-ups:

Title:

Reflacification

Concept:

Addiction becomes us, and is backed by the consumer society we live in. See my blog titled "Reflacification" for a more in-depth explanation. Also, these pictures are crappy, I know - higher quality photographs coming soon.

Materials:

Wood, wire, photographs, house paint, a lot of black caulking, matt and foam board, a black t-shirt and a variety of other miscellaneous debris
Full set-up
Room #1
Room #2
Room #3
Room #4
Room #5
Room #6

Title:

Hall of Eyes

Concept:

You walk through a hall in a public area and stare at the faces of the people walking by. What do you expect? Instant rejection and/or submission; eyes are diverted to maintain personal comfort levels. Are we being controlled by fear, instinct, meeting the norm? OR (D) All of the Above. This project deals with what I believe to be at the very base of social distancing, and my exploration of and frustration with it.

Materials:

Photographs, scrap wood, hard board, screws, nails, adhesives, love, and most importantly; light.
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