I make because:

It’s my way of demystifying the world.

It’s my letter to the editor.

It’s my way of challenging bullies.

It’s my way of mocking things that frighten me. 

It's my way of diffusing anger.

It’s my way of celebrating beyond words.

It’s my way of questioning and probing.

It’s my way of organizing a world that can’t be organized.

It’s my way of shaping a world that I can’t control.

It’s my way of creating a world that I can control.

I work concurrently on several series. They tend to be stylistically unique and distinct from each other. The visual approach and materials I use to execute them is dictated by the subject matter. I’ll employ paint, fiber, computer, carpentry, text, poetry, humor and a myriad of technologies but it is the inquiry and concept that propel the work. Themes that are consistent through all my work are explorations of transition, authority, and control.

The perpetual challenge is how to explore deeply puzzling social, political and personal issues, codifying them into a visual vocabulary to make them make sense to me, and ultimately to the viewer.