ARTIST STATEMENT

I construct my visual narratives by coalescing fragments of unrelated

information together. My source materials span the gamut, from legal

documents to rap lyrics; family photographs to discarded street signs. The

artwork tells abstracted versions of stories I’ve overheard, imagined or

experienced. Not bound by a single medium, I use oil painting, photography,

architecture and installation as my tools for exploration. I have developed a

signature style of vivid, layered compositions that interplay between two

dimensional and three dimensional space. Recurring themes of language, identity,

memory, place and personal freedom appear in almost every piece. The

conceptual origins differ from project to project, but the continuing thread is

that each piece seeks to intertwine the viewer’s reality with my own.