I think I handle solitude well because I am a good listener. 

Friedmann, “The computer is a very sophisticated machine but all machines are tools and any tool can be used in a mechanical or in an intuitive way as far as process is concerned”.    

We put the world together and we watch it fall apart. My work explores the interplay between chaos and order. Random marks and elements appear to suggest chaos and disarray but the work process is very deliberate. What appears to be random and chaotic has an underlying structure and order. I am interested in finding a balance between these two opposites. To that end, even though I am very aware of composition and color I always push myself towards an undefined end. I start driving but I don’t know where I am going to be sleeping at the end of the day though I hope it’s someplace nice. Hopefully where I rest my head will look appealing to other’s as well.

Much of the inspiration for these works comes from observations of how street signage and graphics deteriorate when left to the elements over months and years of neglect. What was once coherent slowly disintegrates. Order breaks down but in doing so becomes engaging in an entirely different way. The perfection of newness becomes the perfection of entropy, This work mimics that process. Starting with ordered elements I disassembles, dissect and rearrange with the desire to find a hidden balance and harmony while honoring the mystery of a nonlinear process.

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Organic Technology:

The computer as a very sophisticated machine but all machines are tools and any tool can be used in a mechanical or in an intuitive way as far as process is concerned. Intuitiveness is an organic non mechanical process. Instead of imposing a solution on a “problem” I try and open myself up for a solution to present itself to me.   

On first impression some of these images may appear to be traditional paintings but that is not the case. In the digital realm I don’t attempt to mimic paint but I am instead interested in methods and techniques that flow directly from digital tools and process. When seen at full scale the work reveals detail that could not be replicated using traditional methods. 

Some of my current work represents a hybrid process. The first step is a digital collage that incorporates digitally created elements and digitized elements that were created using traditional technics that include brush and paint. After much experimentation and iterations using a pigmented ink process I arrive at a finished full scale print. At that point I may paint directly on the print using a combination of reflective metallic paints and a variety of finishes. 

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