Untitled Painting

b. 1986 - Living and working in San Francisco - Graduated from BYU (BFA Studio Arts) 2013 - My work is by no means the conscientious product of highly profound or well honed objectives. It is quite often as much an exploration or study for me as it is for the observer. This does not imply the idea of artistic denouements volanting forth from a tabula rasa -- although I might often wish otherwise. I create carefully and with much hesitation. The work is second-guessed more often that I care to admit. While seeking conversation, the work offers no answers. I am not interested in dictating or acting as a moderator of a specific message. However, neither am I merely desirous to occupy but for a moment a modest measure of the infinitude that is the Sisyphean sea of endless conversation. The work is a dialogue about and an impression of the artist, but I like to think that it also acts as a reflection pushing back against the viewer to a small degree. My role as the artist is to define the parameters through which objects and situations are perceived, and I prefer to leave the daedal points of conversation to the viewer.