| About the Artist: |
I am interested in the exploration of comparative culture and what is termed "cultural memory", implicit as well as explicit - all of which define qualites that form us as indivuduals, as a group, and ultimately as a nation.
Born and raised in the American West, I am in love with with it's truly postmodern expressions of populat culture - to quote the poet Richard Hugo's observations of the West's "ancient newness"...."out West...the only thing is neon"...
Drawing largely from contemporary mass media and contrasted by hand-executed application rather than mechanical or "cool" drawing, I attempt to create a fusion of cultural realities that explore objective verses subjective visions and develop a synthisis between image and meaning. These arrangements attempt to create a resonance between color and objects and the space they accupy, creating visual poetry. |