I strive to create images that are visually and psychologically compelling. Creating these specific human interactions and behaviors in the media of painting and drawing creates work that speaks of my technical and conceptual sensibilities. Although much of my recent work is in the medium of painting I consider figure drawing to be the formal core of my work. Much of this work is monochromatic. This is a characteristic used to foreground my interest in drawing. I have had a long standing fascination with the human image that continues to provoke new works.

 My most current work centers on an interest in the human interface with manmade machines. The figures’ interactions with these machines are narrative events that serve as vehicles to speak about broader social and psychological issues. I have been captivated by human behavior for as long as I can remember. Currently the behaviors involved with power struggles, motivation, decisions and consequence are my focus. These paintings are commentaries on the complex and sometimes absurd nature of our relationship to ourselves, each other and the things we create. The machines depicted in these paintings are intended as metaphors for specific social conditions. These machines mediate the interactions between the figures or their surroundings. This reliance on machines to facilitate interaction is reflected in (if not completely dominates) contemporary society. Rube Goldberg’s outlandish imaginary creations have also provided much inspiration for the aesthetic design and complexity of my own machines.