I have always had an interest in Science particularly astronomy. The idea that the whole universe was created from a tiny atom and at this very moment is expanding is hard to imagine. I’m baffled that only one of the nine planets in our solar system has the ability to sustain life. Does this mean artwork only exists on planet Earth?
My artwork stems from the belief that one should never stop learning and progressing. All my artwork consists of experiments that lead to more experiments. This is how I create artwork. It’s within a consistent workflow that new ideas are born. The finished pieces are humble attempts to see how far and to what level I can further these art experiments.

I was born in Seattle, Washington, skateboarded nonstop and listened to Hip-Hop. The energy that accompanied skateboarding and Hip-Hop transcended into visual art. I was drawn to the graphic paintings of Jacob Lawrence and Ben Shawn. This led me to the Mexican muralist movement especially the murals of David Alfaro Siqueiros, and the idea that art should be accessible to the public and be used as tool for disseminating ideas and information. The graphic, cartoonist and stylized hidden words within graffiti pieces introduced me to the adjective “tight”. I would later use this term when describing the paintings of Lari Pittman, Joe Coleman, Robert Williams and the early ink drawings of Mike Kelly.

Can a sculpture be a drawing? Can a sculpture be a painting? Can a sculpture be a collage? Could a sculpture be a mixture of all three? And, by adding a third dimension how and what will the result be? At this moment this is my current direction. Simultaneously I have been studying the iconography of Pacific Northwest Coast Indian art, primarily the sides of their painted/carved bentwood boxes. The bold black undulating form line that acts as a skeletal support in the composition can be compared to calligraphy and other stylized graphic letterforms. Could there be a way to combine the two, and how could this be incorporated in sculptural forms?

I used to consider drawing my exclusive technique. I thought I would only make drawings in the two dimensional sense for the rest of my life. Thankfully I have proven myself wrong. Sculpture for me is a possibility for the unknown to surface. Just like looking though a pair of binoculars or tuning a guitar, both need to be focused or tuned to achieve clarity and tone. It is within this unknown that I believe the most intuitive and interesting work can be created. With sculpture’s third dimension, the unknown becomes possible.

I consider my sculptures a mix between upsurd street signs, monuments created from my subconscious, and relics from different dimensions. I’m attracted to bold bright colors. My color choice is derived from the energy from which it was created. The use of everyday objects such as scouring sponges, cardboard, yarn and bamboo barbeque skewers seems a perfect material for me to use. I believe this only adds to the whole of an artwork. One of my goals is to make an artwork more accessible to a wider audience outside the confines of the art world. By using the same objects that the public uses hopefully a connection is established.
To reach the widest audience, to have an idea understood beyond the usual audience of contemporary art is the history I want to build upon and create for myself.

My artwork right now is somewhere between Pop Surrealism, Folk art, and communication design.