Statement

I make art that whispers. Subdued colors, details, thin lines, and small marks call you closer to the work and request your attention.

Each piece evolves into its own story. Not knowing the story, I begin by laying down a background layer which, upon consideration, inspires the inkling of a place, a narrative, a feeling. Pieces, parts and fragments slowly find their place on the page, building the narrative. Finally, the drawing begins. 

Drawing feels to me the most personal of all the layers. It’s close, controlled, immediate, but very carefully considered.  It’s drafting really; the method of drawing pulled from my years designing spaces as an architect. But while true drafting is formulaic, my drafting is drawing – an exploratory and expressive use of the tools of drafting. It’s my way of creating a conversation between the intuitive and the rational. I’m tying together parts of the story in an intentionally incomplete way. 

The complete story lies not within the work, but in the relationship between the work and the viewer. Once a viewer hears the whisper and gives the work their attention, they see something different than what I see. They understand the composition, the implied lines, the pieces and parts in their own way, and they create their own story within the work.