Artist Statement

The work explores the contemporary subcultures of Americana found in automotive customizing, style writing, calligraphy, graffiti, comic books, snow/skateboarding and street art. The exciting energy, playful whimsy, and bold colorful fluidity that the artist has practiced in these subcultures are manifested in each sculpture. As well, all of these subcultures display extremely high technical skills developed outside of academia, and he is conscious of these blue collar ideals as he melds them with his white collar academic fine art training. While working, he is continually playing with balance, both physical and aesthetic, to create a pronounced visual sleekness, what he calls “Super Sleek”.