Statement
As a realist painter and printmaker, my art revolves between the visual language of the particular medium and an investigation of my subject. Each medium brings a particular language, which deeply affects the meaning in any work. If the medium is exceptionally portable, then it brings certain perspectives to the fore. If, for instance with relief prints, the language is a series of stark, black or white decisions, it highlights the dual nature of ambiguity and clarity. The compositions and meaning are constantly modified through the attention I pay during the process of its creation.

That being said, the drawings, often 10 feet wide, enable me to explore the subjectivity and curving nature of space already familiar in the manner of reportage. In the Linocuts, I continue this interest, but often take it into some of the local gang hotspots, at least as they were before the security camera. In a series of friends and family, I try to tease out a fuller portrait than a likeness by using all the elements of my studio and their collaborative input.