Drawing for me, is not a means to an end... the experimental phase before one appraches that final canvas. For me, it is the end, an end that maintains the element of raw creativity in the most direct form. I burn through pigment literally crushing it between my fingers on to the paper letting the powder run loose until it begins to interfere with my view of the piece. When I lose sight of the work I remove the dust and begin again until once more I've lost sight of the whole. There is always a tension between a precise and premeditated ritual of mark-making versus the momentum of the session and the danger of losing control of my original vision. There's a certain beautiful recklessness to the process where the final drawing represents not only the original vision but the physicality of the creative process.

born: 1975, Los Angeles, California

education

Stanford University, BA Studio Art, 1997
Stanford University, BA International Relations, 1997

selected awards/honors

Stanford University, BA Studio Art, 1997
Stanford University, BA International Relations, 1997

selected publications

Living Artists 14th Edition, (2005), p. 59, illus. (cover contest runner-up)
The Mind's Eye, A Stanford Journal of Expression, Vol. 5. N. 2, (June, 1997), pp.35-36, illus.

selected solo or two-person exhibits

Solo exhibition, Between Line and Shadows, Chandler Fine Art, San Francisco, California, 2006
Solo exhibition, self titled, Metamorphosis Gallery, Sarasota, Florida, 2006
Solo exhibition, Of Fears and Recollections, Chandler Fine Art, San Francisco, California, 2005

selected group shows

Annual Small Works Show and Benefit Sale, The Creative Center, New York, New York, 2005
ROCK+PAPER+SCISSORS, City Hall Council Chambers, Sausalito, California, 2005
Crushed Crushes, ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, 2005
2005 Open, Topanga Canyon Gallery, Los Angeles, California, 2005