My artist practice consists of a collective of mediums and materials. A spectrum ranging from metal sculpture and installation work to video art, photography, set production, musical composition, drawing, watercolor, and even into creative writing, lifestyle and rhetoric. I enjoy each of these mediums because they lend themselves to a specific process and imply inherent concepts that aid in expressing my ideas. (Metal is a medium that does this well as it implies longevity, permanence, strength and durability.) When I create my work I always ask myself how I can produce a piece of work that clearly and concisely expresses my concept; often times the medium plays a huge role in achieving this. There are even more times than not where I am so enthralled with a concept that I eventually find myself working with it in multiple mediums. Project Connect is a good example of this as I initially focused my expression in utilizing installation work and bronze malleable wire. Yet, after a while I found myself creating patterns with a laser machine and wood and casting them into bronze sculptures. It all worked out quite well because I think it reiterated my conviction for the concept. With projects like this, there is a lot of meaning behind what I am doing and as a creative thinker my goal is to stimulate the observer.

The content of my work is influenced by identity, spirituality, history, philosophy, utilitarianism, relationships, interactions amongst people and people with their environments. I also find myself delving into social commentary. I think that art is a great tool to use for encouraging positive change within communities, which is one gigantic reason why I chose to be an artist. Positive and proactive are two great adjectives to describe me as a person and two ideals I hope people can extract from my messages.

My artist philosophy is that influence is growth and growth is change. Change is inevitable and I accept this with openness and ardor. I believe that all art is inspired by the environment around us but explored because of the vision within us. Art is collective and we are all connected.