I’ve always been drawn to aged materials such as rusted metal, discolored newspaper and weathered wood. These and other aged objects combined with acrylic paint are the foundation of my work. I don’t sketch out ideas ahead of time, instead working in a stream of consciousness manner, tackling compositional and color challenges as they present themselves. Each work emerges as it sees fit while I try to accommodate what each piece needs until it registers in my mind as finished. I’m influenced, as most are, by nearly everything around me. Anything from Pink Panther cartoons to graveyards, from ancient cave wall drawings to long stretches of railroad tracks all spur my creative ambition to continue moving forward. As years pass I find myself moving further from working figuratively and grow increasingly drawn to the immediate gratification of simple, more abstract works. To put it in simplest terms, I make art that I want to see, everything else will take care of itself.