I am the product of this North American culture, for the good, the bad and the convoluted. My work allows me to take all of the accelerated input of modern life, and practice the fading art of contemplation. Self awareness, humanism, politics, nature, simplicity, truth and beauty are my consistent pollinators. I never approach my canvas blind. A concept will ruminate and gives rise to installations using video, images soaked in beeswax, plaster sculptures occupying the badlands, masked models and hand-sewn creatures floating into frame.