When something looks interesting or beautiful or weird, I have a natural impulse to want to capture and preserve it, FOREVER.  This means that I log the world around me in my handy dandy notebook. My version of life is rendered in pen and ink on a blank piece of paper so I can later refer to it in my upcoming projects.

So Why wouldn’t I just take a picture.  Well, here’s the thing: I don’t feel that snapping a picture of something gives it the attention it deserves, it goes onto your phone in pixels and forgotten.  I want to dwell on the subject, feel it, memorize every piece, notice the way it moves around, the subtile intricate details that makes it what it is.  I want to be that muse, crawl into it’s skin and be able to copy it’s essence in every line I interpret it with. I am obsessive about my drawing.

There is also a psychological need to put it on paper so I won’t receive another restraining order for stalking.

As I said, I constantly draw.

I believe that in order to enhance and strengthen ones mastery as an artist it is vital to work outside the comfort zone, push the limits, and try as many different methods and mediums as possible.

I work in charcoal, graphite, ink, pastels, acrylics, oils, collage, wax, spray paint, and whatever else I can throw in.

The theme of most of my art is People.  Using what I have learned from psychology, I observe and report. I look at the uniqueness of life and bring that into my art.