Artist Statement

My artistic process is one of constant self-exploration, experimentation, and more often than not, a therapeutic outlet. When working on a piece, I often try to plan out its execution as little as possible as this tends to stifle my creativity. I lay out all my materials so that they are ready to be selected and employed in a free-form manner allowing for my creativity to unfold organically.

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Among the many styles and artistic movements that influence my body of work, graffiti and street art were the first to impact me significantly. At the time, graffiti as a cultural movement was everything to me. It was more than just visual art, it was music, it was dance, it was urban culture. Graffiti as a form of expression was rebelling against formalist concepts and reinventing them; a notion that impacts my art-making to this day.

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Most recently, I have been enamoured with works from the expressionist period, particularly those of Egon Schiele. His heavy contour lines, graphic marks, linearity, and figural distortions are elements that I often employ within my art making. Being influenced by a number of different styles impacts  my tendency to employ and juxtapose a variety of techniques and mediums which are ever present within my body of work.