I think that in an earlier life, I was an alchemist.
I say this, because from as early as I can remember, I have been trying to make one thing into another. When I was a child, mud pies became brownies. My backyard was a far off jungle to be explored. The night sky was the view from my room on a space station. I was a bold adventurer on a quest, sleeping under the stars.
Of course, mud never became brownies, my backyard was situated in a suburban New York, the night sky was often obscured by street lights, and even when my family went camping, we used a tent. But that never stopped me from escaping into my imagination. Then or now.
I’ve always had a flirtatious love affair with art. I never settled on a single medium for long. I took away as much as I needed to continue on my own, and inferred the rest. Ultimately, I abandoned art to pursue a career in science—only to discover that at the heart of scientific discovery is a creative artist. I find that I always return to art and my passion for making things.
For me, making art involves the action of prying open the places between the dark and the light, the natural world and technology, folk traditions and modern marvels, and then finding ways to blend them together.
I hope you enjoy my work.
I say this, because from as early as I can remember, I have been trying to make one thing into another. When I was a child, mud pies became brownies. My backyard was a far off jungle to be explored. The night sky was the view from my room on a space station. I was a bold adventurer on a quest, sleeping under the stars.
Of course, mud never became brownies, my backyard was situated in a suburban New York, the night sky was often obscured by street lights, and even when my family went camping, we used a tent. But that never stopped me from escaping into my imagination. Then or now.
I’ve always had a flirtatious love affair with art. I never settled on a single medium for long. I took away as much as I needed to continue on my own, and inferred the rest. Ultimately, I abandoned art to pursue a career in science—only to discover that at the heart of scientific discovery is a creative artist. I find that I always return to art and my passion for making things.
For me, making art involves the action of prying open the places between the dark and the light, the natural world and technology, folk traditions and modern marvels, and then finding ways to blend them together.
I hope you enjoy my work.