Soccer, skateboarding . . . art:
When I was growing up I wanted to be a professional soccer player or skateboarder.
Classical training, abstract tendencies:
I had a very classical type of training at the Columbus College of Art and Design.
Connect the dots:
I felt an overwhelming pressure from society ...
Art historical inspirations:
I enjoy most of the artists from the ...
All in the family:
I also come from a family of artists...
Mentors:
From undergraduate school ...
Creeping in:
Usually I love to look at art, but I don’t directly ...
Chop Chop:
Craig Dransfield literally provided a space ...
Qs over As = Art:
I believe that the meaning in my work is never fixed or concrete; so it has the power to constantly evolve and change with time and new perspectives. I want people to participate in the enigma of it. Again, I value questions more than answers.
Learning from his past:
What I get out of my work changes with ...
Painting as jazz:
My painting process parallels a jazz musician ...
The whole rainbow:
I love all color, really. But usually, my favorite color ...
Aluminum lawn chairs and his sister’s beaded necklace:
For my latest body of work [Modulation]...
Abstract for you:
It keeps my mind on its toes and is more enigmatic for me.
Abstract for others:
Perhaps they feel it challenges them in ways representational art does not.
And hard-edge painting:
Crispy, crispy, crispy edges. Super-clean edges and just a clean paint application, so the focus is on the color and form, not on the emotion of the brush mark.
In the acrylic grid:
Painting with acrylic is a time-sensitive ...
Not in Kansas anymore—not:
I live in Denver, Colorado. I grew up in...
What matters most:
What matters most to me is caring...