I am an interdisciplinary artist working at the intersection of intention and accident.
I
embrace experimentation as an essential part of my daily practice. I am
guided by my intuition in much of my work whether I am painting with
repurposed bicycle parts or determining places in an urban landscape
where a painting should be positioned.
I
am haunted by images. They are never in short supply for me, and I have
few inhibitions in releasing them in the world or into the hands of
others.
I
am interested in visionary artists, ephemera, and the ideas that
infiltrate the established order with unexpected humor and hope.
In
my studio, I experiment with traditional materials and found objects to
create marks. I splatter, splash, slash, slather, and scrape surfaces
with an energy that is meant to linger with the work.
My
creative practice has ranged from painting, drawing, documentary video,
performance art, playwriting, personal essay, poetry, Web design,
digital sequences, and experimental pedagogy. As an interdisciplinary
artist, the specific meaning I am making determines the appropriateness
of the tools I choose to employ.
A
seminary drop-out, in my body of work I struggle frequently with my
Southern Baptist roots, my Episcopal confirmation, and my long-standing
personal investigation of the roles of pastors, priests, and prophets.
More and more, I am drawn toward ancient lines of mystic teachers as
spiritual mentors and sources of questions that surface in my work.
