How long have you been creating?

Since I was two.

What is your media of choice?

Black tea, india ink. Quill pens, bamboo brushes and tea bags. Oils. I fell in love with oil paints. That was the gateway drug. The medium is almost always where I begin. Then, whatever happens, wins. The tea paintings started when I wanted to age paper and teach myself to draw with nibs. The experiment got way out of hand, and I'm so much happier for it.

What are you motivations for creating?

They are almost entirely investigative. Detective work. Lurid curiosity. Testing materials. Spying on water. "What happens if...?" What we need more of is science. And espionage.

What other artists or movements inform your work?

Chinese landscape painting. Ukiyo-e. Tanguy. Miro. Dr. Seuss. Aubrey Beardsley. More, I'm sure, that are less obvious, but from whom I still borrow moments and corners and passages.. There're so many, and they're all household saints.

What do you find visually stimulating right now?

Scenes from children's books. Water on stone steps. The outdoors coming inside. Filigree silver tree branches. Persian miniatures. Russian illustration. Shadows of iron railings. The usual.

What's the last book you read?

I'm in the middle of Donald Barthelme's 60 Stories. Again.

What are your artistic goals for 2006?

Continuity and increased scale. Increased output leading to exposure. Accidental breakthroughs are always a plus.

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

These responses were meant to be as informative and helpful as possible. The questions were difficult to answer because I almost never have a plan. I make greedy inquiries, but I'm always the last to know.