I was a kid when I first visited the MOMA, I didn't get why they called it abstract, I had never seen art so distinctly passionate.
I grew up in NY, then explored Alaska for fifteen years before moving to Seattle; both urban and wilderness experiences inform my work.
For me expressionism is a practice of being present to a resonance beyond understanding..
The colors, action and shapes expressed in my work feel like recollection which I hope resonates with the viewer through shared unconscious.
The Dogma:
Nearly swallowed by the sea during a month long solo kayak trip off the coast of Alaska, I returned questioning the absurdity of modern civilization. At university I ran into a visiting monk and asked, why are we here? Without hesitation he said, “because from this place we can dream". HIs answer perfectly beautiful in that moment.
Billions of years in the making our biological perspectives are unique in this infinite universe. We are explorers outside the timelessness of infinity reaching to know more about itself. We will return to the ever present, but "from this place we can dream".
My works represent some giddy truth that reciprocates with pure joy whenever I participate. I'm not sure it will ever make sense, but it feels pure.
Thanks for participating.