How long have you been creating?

For as far back as I can recall. It has always been a presence but it was not until about four or five years ago that it became something to focus my life through.

What is your media of choice?

Whatever catches my attention at any given moment. I like using encaustic and acrylic paint. Sometimes an old piece of string from a junk drawer has stronger expressive pull than a drawn line. A piece of felt might be more appropriate than premium cotton duck canvas. I also feel compelled from time to time to create sculptural assemblages and recently I have begun explore the expressive qualities of sound.

What are you motivations for creating?

The experience of playing in the dirt as a young child seems to be the reoccurring catalyst. I enjoy the process of creating and that process itself is what motivates me.

What other artists or movements inform your work?

One of the first people to really influence my creative path was a professor and artist named Chuck Haas. His intuition and incite lead me to discover and open my sort of "core self", and his own history of work triggered many of the considerations I deal with today. Outside of a few people I have interacted with, I don't have many direct influences, though I do very much enjoy the work of Brice Marden, Richard Diebenkorn, Zdzislaw Beksinski, Joseph Mallord William Turner, Paul Klee... to name a few.

What do you find visually stimulating right now?

Dirt, molten metal, the autumn leaves, spectrograms

What's the last book you read?

"A Canticle For Leibowitz" by Walter M. Miller Jr. I have a soft spot for scary post-apocalyptic sci-fi.

You seem to be adept at a great many media. If you had to stick with just one, which would it be, and why?

Most likely painting would be the choice. Though I have only painted for a few years, it has become my strongest vehicle for creative process. It allows for pictorial and symbolic representation as well as the expression of silent, subtle, intangible feelings. Painting ties more closely to that experience of playing in the dirt than anything else.

What would you like your fellow EBSQ artists and our collectors to know about you and/or your work?

My work is a constant process of exploration. I cannot see myself ever doing just one kind of thing. The experience of working between materials, content, and methods feeds my appreciation for randomness and it promotes constant development in my work. I have built a little webpage where you can go to learn a bit more about me or just to communicate. The address is http://impactnoise.net

To the EBSQ artists, I want to say that I appreciate the kindness and incite expressed by the members of this community. I am not a very outgoing person, but here I feel comfortable and connected with a very good group of people.

To the collectors, thank you for supporting the arts! It is one of the most vital components of human culture and history and you are insuring it's survival and progression.