About
"Engineers build structures. Poets capture feelings.
Picture framers do both."M. David Logan
As a visual artist, I attack art like a picture framer using science and emotion. It’s the questions, "How does this work?" and "What if?" that force me to create.
When I make art I pretend to be a scientist: I focus on figuring out how techniques work and how materials relate to one another. Once that is sufficiently explored I move onto mastery of this new knowledge through repetition, like creating 100 miniature, magnetic, blue sheep. From there I ask myself "What if I put thumb tacks on their feet instead of magnets?" "What if I knit clothesline with a dowel?" "What if I try to use mostly thrift store materials and make them look like fine art?"
The techniques and materials I create with are varied, but my art carries strong characteristics, much like children's books: simplification of concept, tactile experience, questioning, vivid colors, whimsical nature and playfulness.
It’s the process of asking these questions and stumbling upon surprising results that drives me on to create.