I’ve established an artistic practice rooted in the fundamental human experience. I have a singular passion for creating narratives close to life with a heavy and critical emphasis on sentimental values. Aa discipline, the Arts are uniquely positioned to translate abstract ethical principles into palpable human experience. Often my work, deals directly with the textures of interpersonal connection, loyalty, loss and care—or the absence thereof—providing an essential, non-traditional avenue for research into how love, as a social and moral force, operates in the contemporary world. My thinking explores deep ethical concerns, not through philosophical argument alone, but through deep listening, conversations, and play.

As an installation artist, printmaker and experimental animator, I leverage a collage-based manual style of filmmaking that combining hand-drawn sketches and repurposed fabrics, vinyl, and linens into original time-based compositions. I approach my work with a deep fascination in history. Traditions of rhythm and poetry play a big role in the techniques I employ. The resulting collages merge electronic, analog, and tactile modes of fabrication. These experimental techniques weave ancient craft traditions with contemporary technology to explore the biological experience. Sometimes they also incorporate direct film manipulation including scratching, etching, and other kindred avant-garde techniques. Marlon Riggs is a filmmaker who’s proven to be something of a north star for me throughout my career.

As for the here and now, I’m re-reading Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel, a novel that continues to astound and fascinate. I’m thinking about what Marvin Gaye did for D’Angelo’s harmonies, Allen Iverson’s cornrow braids, and the rusted Ford pickup truck at my late-grandfather's home.