my background-
I have studied and worked as an artist my entire working life, so
I have a diverse background. I was a commercial artist for 15 years and
then I went on to study fine arts. I've taught to every age group, including
adults.I sold my work in several local gallaries and some national until
I discovered the wonderful world of selling online. It's not that galleries
aren't nice but now I sell so much more and get to deal with real people
simply because there is no 50% mark-up.
I
love mysteries.
Even though I work in a very practical world, I look for the subtle mysteries surrounding my environment that will make it a little more interesting. The way I'm guided, spiritally as well as realistically , in all my work is through the vision of "what might be."
My worries also effect what I create. Overpopulation, poverty, pollution and other urban problems concerning out future take over my mind when I draw.
Since I was raised in Houston almost my entire live, I've watched this city change and develop into an entirely new creature. Alive with fast freeways, crime fads, and horrible air. Traffic drives me so crazy that my art searches for a more peaceful solution. Sometimes I re-design a famous setting into what I would like to see. I try to create strange or fantastic utopias where animals and humans exist together.
Anthromorphism, the act of adding human characteristics to inanimate objects or other non-human life forms, is a great way for an artist to make the unreal seem real. There are only a few recognizable life forms in my landscapes mainly because I want the buildings and other structures to take on a life of their own. The windows mimic human eyes and the doors mimic a human mouth. Wome are distorted and "not quite right" yet they all function together to make the scene work.
Even though I work in a very practical world, I look for the subtle mysteries surrounding my environment that will make it a little more interesting. The way I'm guided, spiritally as well as realistically , in all my work is through the vision of "what might be."
My worries also effect what I create. Overpopulation, poverty, pollution and other urban problems concerning out future take over my mind when I draw.
Since I was raised in Houston almost my entire live, I've watched this city change and develop into an entirely new creature. Alive with fast freeways, crime fads, and horrible air. Traffic drives me so crazy that my art searches for a more peaceful solution. Sometimes I re-design a famous setting into what I would like to see. I try to create strange or fantastic utopias where animals and humans exist together.
Anthromorphism, the act of adding human characteristics to inanimate objects or other non-human life forms, is a great way for an artist to make the unreal seem real. There are only a few recognizable life forms in my landscapes mainly because I want the buildings and other structures to take on a life of their own. The windows mimic human eyes and the doors mimic a human mouth. Wome are distorted and "not quite right" yet they all function together to make the scene work.