STATEMENT OF WORK

I am a visual artist working primarily in drawing, collage and sculpture. My work creates false narratives that exploit the idea of potential. I make arrangements using common, everyday materials such as cutting boards, lighters, silicone straws, extension cords, lamps, locks, Zip-ties, ice chests, wheels, razors, flashlights, plywood, lumber, an inexhaustible list really. I choose objects with vivid color and have some sort of utility that I render useless in my assemblages. I end up with an object or image of a machine or device that functions only to be looked at. It acts as a stimulus or catalyst, a suggestion for a situation, or an action that compels the viewer to respond. My goal is to lead the viewer to believe that my art somehow performs some kinetic function or illustrates a scheme of some unknown action. I feel that the viewers' projected ideas of what my work can potentially be is far more interesting than the actual artworks themselves.