I AM AN ARTIST/MURALIST WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA BEFORE MOVING TO BEND, OREGON SEVERAL YEARS AGO. MY ART IS HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY GROWING UP IN SUCH A DIVERSE AND MULTICULTURAL AREA, AND THEN MOVING TO ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OUTDOOR REGIONS IN THE COUNTRY.

MY CREATIVE WORK INVOLVES LARGE SCALE CANVAS PAINTINGS AND PUBLIC MURALS; MY GOAL IS TO EXPRESS MYSELF THROUGH COLOR, DYNAMIC MOVEMENT, AND FINDING A PATH TO HELP MY AUDIENCE EXPLORE MY SUBJECTS IN NEW AND EXCITING WAYS. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FASCINATED BY ARCHITECTURE, BOTH IN HOW PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION CREATED STABILITY BUT ALSO HOW A BUILDING CAME TO REPRESENT SOMETHING MORE NUANCED ABOUT A PLACE AND THE RELATIONSHIP TO IT. I THINK OF MY PAINTINGS IN A SIMILAR WAY; WHEN I FIRST HAVE AN IDEA IT IS OFTEN A THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE IN MY MIND THAT I NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO TRANSLATE TO THE SURFACE, WHILE STILL MAINTAINING THE MOVEMENT AND QUALITIES THAT CREATE A CONNECTION TO OUR WORLD.

MUCH OF MY WORK ALSO EXPLORES GEOMETRY AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STRUCTURE AND NATURE. I DRAW INSPIRATION FROM THE GEOMETRY THAT IS FOUND ALL AROUND US IN THE NATURAL WORLD, AS WELL AS HOW HUMANS HAVE LEARNED TO MANIPULATE THAT GEOMETRY TO CREATE STRUCTURE. I HOPE THAT THROUGH MY WORK I AM ABLE TO CONVEY A SENSE OF THE ABSTRACT AND THE FAMILIAR, AND REPRESENT BOTH STATIC AND DYNAMIC FORCES. I HAVE ALSO ALWAYS BEEN DEEPLY INSPIRED BY THE WAY IN WHICH ART CHANGES A PLACE, BE IT A WALL OR A BUILDING, FROM UNREMARKABLE AND UNSEEN TO EMOTIONALLY CHARGED AND DYNAMIC, AND I AM CONSTANTLY SEARCHING FOR WAYS TO CREATE THIS TRANSFORMATION THROUGH MY OWN ART.