Art is my place to think...

People quickly say artists “express themselves”. That doesn’t seem to fit my process. Yes, I’m in there, my thoughts, my voice; but, I approach it as a place to think as opposed to an object of personal declaration.

I often work for months at a time (movie work is consuming) and when I finally get into my studio, it’s like checking in with the world. The moment I sat down w/news of Umbrella Protests in Hong Kong and LA on fire, the world overwhelmed me. I didn’t set off to weigh in on these things. I made images to spend time with these events, to think deeply on them. To organize color and composition to bring some visual order to the emotional chaos of what was happening. I guess taking an enormous subject and paring it down and reshaping it allows my brain to wrap around a number of facets, from the politics of a situation to an individual’s experience.

I leave room for the viewer too, a place for them to think.