Through Art History, Mythology, Jungian Psychology, and Theology as avenues of communication, I explore the Human Condition. I must create
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I’m driven to create large, complex figurative compositions with overwhelming visual information, allowing the viewer to wander through and get lost in the varied levels of symbolism and metaphor, perhaps even inserting their own inner-self into the struggles of good and evil, moral and immoral, purpose and meaninglessness, order and chaos, and my personal examination of righteousness and unrighteousness when presented with the possibilities of striving against or succumbing to Sin.
Where do you find inspiration?I’m a devout student of Art History, Mythology, Psychology, and Theology. I never tire of plumbing the depths of these areas and how they overlap. Contemporary society and sub-cultures in it, are ripe with low-hanging fruits that further my own investigations into the Human Soul and the universal struggle with personal choices that almost always influence the lives of others. My current work is an exploration of the common desire to escape our less than perfect existence through technology.
What would you do with $25,000?I’d replace some art equipment and studio furniture I lost in a tornado. I’d also take care of bills to free up more time to create and I’d use some for teaching supplies.
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