I am a mixed-media visual artist creating three-dimensional objects designed to be hung on walls or carried in pockets. My practice focuses on the concept of sehnsucht—the longing that arises when you fleetingly glimpse into a better world that you can’t quite hold onto.  European and Asian still life traditions across painting, photography, and sculpture guide my image construction goals; amplifying emotional connection and capturing unique moments that are just about to happen.

 

My studio is designed to be a laboratory for studying perception, with a focus on how color impacts mood. I believe color is a hidden world that must be disaggregated and reconstructed to fully understand its impact on our lives. My work applies technical inspiration from color field art, the Light and Space movement, Op and kinetic art, stained glass, animation, and projection technology to build three-dimensional objects designed to be visual engines, generating emotional responses that would otherwise remain unexperienced.

 

I experiment with combinations of paint, inks, polymer films, resins, constructed frames, canvas, plexiglass, digital imagery, and lights as tools to analyze my own perception, addressing questions such as; where color originates, what are the colors within a shadow, or the most emotionally resonant components of an image.  I employ an agile, iterative development process, building prototypes and multiples to test the perceptual impacts of color combinations, compositions, and construction methods. I view a high failure rate as a necessary cost of my process; you cannot see what is on the other side without paying for a ticket. This approach to invention began in childhood with many failed attempts to build a laser out of flashlights and colored plastic.  I haven't given up yet.

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My work is primarily organized into two formats:

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Polychromes - disaggregate color into a reductive palette of transparent pigments, which are then reconstructed three-dimensionally. The physical separation of these color layers provides a sense of depth and kinetic energy, offering a structural insight into the origin of optically mixed colors.

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Polychromatic Monochromes -  expand black-and-white imagery into its component colors to reveal an unexpected vibrancy. Black is not a singular color, but the collaborative result of multiple pigments absorbing the visible spectrum of light. By disaggregating monochromatic images into a mathematically balanced, reductive palette of transparent pigments, these three-dimensional fabrications uncover the secretly colorful nature of shadows, shifting as the viewer moves.