Bushwick, known for its murals and sign painting can account for a surge in saturated color. Fencing or barriers occupy a predominate portion of the urban landscape and viewing light and color through them has caught my attention. The concept of “above and below” is the skeleton upon which my current work functions. It provides the structure, or perhaps the arena, in which my ideas and mark-making occur. I present two diametrically opposed spaces hinged vertically.

The upper portion explores the divine, dreamworld I search to find answers. Pulsating moments of hot color peek through a permeable barrier. The lower segment explores a flatness often strewn with patterns and stripes that smacks you in the face, as well as the physical, close-up manmade world crumbling before us.

Nevertheless, there is no correct order to experience these spaces, in some of my latest work both spaces include elements that seem to subvert their respective spatial natures.

My work consists of mixed media on paper, canvas, and panel. The physicality of the process is key to my practice. I draw with tape and stratify some combination of spray paint, acrylic paint, acrylic wash, and linoleum stamping on my work.

I also construct site specific art installations using the materials that are the by-products of my practice. This is the material that fills my studio. As opposed to my two-dimensional work on paper, panel, and canvas, I employ twisted and undulating construction fencing and other found materials to explore actual space. Windows and light sources illuminate tinted mylar that in turn magnify color and depth.