Since 2004 my work has consisted primarily of conceptually based sculpture and video works. Visually clean and detailed, these works reflect many of my personal relationships as well as observations on several human conditions and normalities.

With an interest in mixed media art, I quickly realized that I wanted to construct works with unusual materials in an unorthodox manor. I started out initially with common materials like wood, plaster, and aluminum. I saw a new opportunity using items like human hair, glitter, medication, soap, variations of plastic, Styrofoam and synthetic plants. This was executed as a need to explore human mortality and the fragility of life and its cycles. I have been using my sculptural outlet as a way to reference and understand consumer needs and life's day to day similarities.

I soon developed the need to document human emotion and their interaction with objects. I developed the ability to manipulate image, time, and video sequence consequently exploiting human emotions or its absence. I became interested in time as a physical quality and how it affects video and the advancement of the images on film. These elements have become a factor in the completion of many of my video works. People have a general need to interact, making connections large and small that are irreplaceable. Working with video has allowed me to focus in on the small regularities and common place milestones.

I consistently find myself exploring subject matter of a personal nature pertaining to life, death, love, psychology and chemistry of the human body. While some might find this revealing, I find that it helps me in understanding the human condition and relevancy of life's everyday activities. Society dances around the idea of being truly happy while being desensitized by the world around us. I feel my work provides a sense of hope and urgency for the viewer.

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