I make art; I'm an artist. For two reasons: to understand creativity, and to contribute to culture.
Understanding creativity can help us be creative in art, in life, and in our efforts to improve our societies. The process of making art is the perfect instructor in how creativity actually works. I’ve been making art with this effort in mind. My purpose is to understand how creativity works, in art as well as in society.
As a contribution to culture, my work's content ranges from my ruminations on society to my personal experiences. In my twenty years of making art, I have learned that one can go to art school to learn art history, art theory, and technique. But in order to translate creative disciplines to other areas of life, one has to understand creativity itself. A theme that runs through my art is what I might call the development of creative consciousness.
My paintings are generally oil stick and oil paint on acrylic on canvas; my drawings are mechanical pencil on 14x17 inch paper, with occasional other media such as charcoal or paint.
