from the artist

I use a variety of mediums, including wood, acrylic paint, an occasional found object and discarded wire, paint transfer, laminated paper, painted fabric, painting on wood panels, cut and glued painted paper on paper, and digital painting.

My assemblage works are mostly boxes filled with recognizable objects that are constructed by hand and assembled in absurd scenes accompanied by equally absurd titles. I call them “absurd realities." They fall a bit outside the typical assemblage genre of using found objects in that I use very few found objects and construct mostly my own objects.

The paintings on wood panels are mostly abstracts from the Cayucos series, with a few landscapes and seascapes thrown in inspired by our travels to the California Central Coast.

My digital work is created with Infinite Painter on a Galaxy tablet, consisting mostly of landscapes and seascapes inspired by travels in California and scenes from around our neighborhood and home.

I love color. All kinds of colors. Especially bold and strong colors. I often use exaggerated colors and I’m not afraid to occasionally use some pure black paint.

So far I have been successful at trying not to take art too seriously and making some kind of statement. Well, most of the time ;-). My main aim is to get people to smile or laugh via the ridiculous and absurd.