“You must have a lot of patience”, is what I frequently hear when people first see my work. Most of my pieces are made up of hundreds if not thousands of individual components. With tiny details and subtle messages, I like to invite people to look past the obvious and engage them in close observation. Ideally, making a visual statement that will spur conversation and mark a social or political point in time. Current events, contradiction and collection, and the natural world are the influences that shape my work. Sometimes, my pieces form organically. Other times, they are planned in advance and highly structured. I use disparate methods and creative disciplines in order to make each project a unique technical challenge. This also allows me to convey the beauty I feel variety can add to art and the everyday world.
