statement

In my work I chase a profound level of clarity through honest observation of the subject. I'm constantly adding and subtracting media on the surface, carving out the atmosphere to find the form that exists within it. It's through this practice that I begin to knock back the noise and reveal a timeless silence. That quality in great works throughout history has always inspired me- just how silent an object can be. Through my years of study I've come to find that no two subjects are alike, even the same subject in the morning will have changed by night, if only through our observation and newfound understanding. Each look at the subject gives me new insight and I find what I have placed on the surface of my work isn't true and must adapt. My work becomes a balancing act of clarity and mystery, form and atmosphere. It's through this push and pull that my surface becomes a worked record of struggle and gains it's own history, it's own life.

bio

born: 1986, New York

education

New York Academy of Art, MFA, 2012
Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, BFA, 2010