Statement
I have many trains of thought day to day. Working in the studio, I pass my ideas through materials and attend to what happens. Looking at the world around me and what’s in it, thinking and feeling about me and us and that world, and creatively reacting to it all by making things is how I proceed. I see value in a balance between expertise and newness, and this leads me to want to try lots of things, work with lots of people, and look at everything.
When I think about the world, I think about what we put in it and what that says about us. I also think about how we represent the world to ourselves and the ways in which image making has shaped our understanding of things. I try to deal with the quotidian facts of how things are and also what the power of pictorial invention can offer. Like so many artists I admire, I want to make work that leads with a depth of feeling, unfolds visually over time, and gives you a lot to think about.
Bio
I was born and grew up in Philadelphia. I went to Pomona College, where I got a BA in studio art. I had the fantastic opportunity to do an internship at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in between college and getting my MFA at the Meadows School of Art at SMU. From start to finish, I got to study with inspiring artists and educators. Now I live with my wife and children in Rochester, NY, and teach at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, NY.