statement

These paintings are based on things Iíve been collecting for some time: quirky items that range in theme from science fiction and industrial production to vintage kitsch, as well as objects from my childhood. On some level, they all speak to me as something I want to have around me.

The scale of these paintings is modest and intimate. I try not to be grandiose or profound in any overt way, but instead start with something relatively absurd and legitimize it - caring for it, in a way - by finding in it what is intrinsically interesting and meaningful.

bio

born: 1962, Los Angeles, California

education

BFA, Cal State Long Beach

selected publications

New American Paintings; issue 121, December 2015/January 2016
Poets and Artists; issue 56, June, 2014
International Painting Annual; issue 1, p. 28-33, 2011
Empty; issue 18, p. 64-67, 2010

selected solo or two-person exhibits

Hespe Gallery; San Francisco, CA, 2009
Gallery Henoch; New York, NY, 2007
Gallery Henoch; New York, NY, 2006
Gallery Henoch; New York, NY, 2005

selected group shows

Sound City Studios; Sound & Vision, Los Angeles, CA, 2014
Subliminal Gallery; New Masters, Los Angeles, CA, 2011
Art City Istanbul; Turkey, 2008
E & R Cyzer Gallery; London, England, 2008