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Through my painting and sculpture, I try to conduct that elemental human energy that is common to all of us before the application of national, racial, sexual, or religious overlays.

My vocabulary is influenced by my studies of primitive religions, ancient mysticism, lost knowledge, ancient cultures, and children’s art.

Using simple glyphs, complex notions can be expressed in a very direct, graphic, and most importantly, a primal way. This is possible because of perceptual reactions to basic plastic elements that are encoded in the primal aspect of humankind.

I use igneous rock and other Earth materials mixed into the paint. The mixed-media material is an important dimension of the work because of its spiritual alignment with the imagery itself. The surface of the piece is constructed by troweling this granulated volcanic substance while scratching and carving into the surface until the final image comes to life. A painting of this type tends toward objectification, like a petroglyph artifact extracted from some archeological site.

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