My work is science, and from it I make art. I am fascinated by biology, enthralled by the microcosm of cells, fluids and electrical pulses that operate within the bodies of living organisms. I am amazed by the bewildering physics of the cosmically large and the quantumly small. The profusion of human emotions, that electrochemical natural and even supernatural dialogue we constantly engage in with our surroundings, this captivates me. I explore spacetime and the human figure's relationship to the continuum as both a physical and metaphysical being.
Connectedness is perhaps my primary focus: the connections between primary particles, between cells, between organs, between people, between planets, between all things - living and non. I want to illustrate the ties and illuminate the spaces. Space, that muddy ether which modern science has shown to be a roiling stew of quizzical activity, which makes up by far the bulk of reality, is a major theme in my work. My art explores and charts this unknown and unseen territory by giving form to the formless. I want a viewer of my artwork to contemplate the spans, tiny and vast, within us and around us, that simultaneously separate and unite all of reality. My work means to dissect the complex strata of internal biology and to survey the border regions of our physical integument and our intangible selves. And I often incorporate the temporal dimension into my work to expound on how these interactions evolve in spacetime. I find great beauty and deep mystery in the infinitely layered universal network of things and strive to capture that in art.
I employ several methodologies to achieve my artistic goals. I incorporate non-traditional materials such as polymer resin which adds a fluid movement and physical depth to some of my pieces. And I vary my technique from gestural and abstract to academic and photorealist. This balance of juxtaposition and harmony allows me to convey my multilayered, dynamic vision of reality.
As science and technology continue to probe the smallest of the small and the largest of the large, and theories are torn down and rebuilt to explain the findings, and our notions of consciousness and what exactly it is that we are made of are dramatically challenged, I am repeatedly blown away and left grasping for a means of understanding and explaining it all. I find that in art. This is my science and my religion; an exploration of the fundamental and omnipresent, which we have yet to fully appreciate. |
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