Statement

As a printmaker I am interested in traditional techniques, such as intaglio, silkscreen, and lithography, but I feel that to keep them isolated and not use them in combination with other techniques and media is to let my work stagnate rather than evolve. I have always been drawn to the processes of printmaking for its innate ability of replication and repetition.  My process is to let the work lead me to discover which techniques should be used in any given piece, as well as let images form organically without a clear plan or strategy. The structure these images take often recall things like bones and human anatomy, plants and fungi, and animals that I currently feel an affinity for. Many of the plants, fungi, and animals used come from photos that I have personally taken and can be found in abundance in my native state of New Jersey.