Artist Statement

After two decades in commercial design, I create fine art with a transformed perspective. My design background shows up in my work as structured, clean, deliberate, and probably a little commercial, but with the human touch that handcrafted art is known for.

My work features exploded engine parts, vintage illustrations, fishich reels, cowboys, anything with strong design and a nostalgic charm. I'm drawn to the beauty in these things, both in the objects themselves and in how they were originally illustrated. Old advertisements, technical manuals, vintage catalogs. There's a clarity and attention to detail in that work that doesn't exist anymore. Everything now is too slick, too digital. I grew up fixing things with my hands, and I'm back to making things with my hands. That matters to me.

The mechanical pieces are about showing how individual parts come together to make something work. The vintage illustrations celebrate design that was powerful enough to sell products but got tossed out with yesterday's newspaper. Either way, I'm trying to make you see how cool this stuff was.

The work is meant to be fun and approachable. I'm not into political statements or work that requires a tome on the wall next to it. I'm making art about things I think are beautiful, well-made, and reminiscent of, if I dare say, “simpler times.” If you smile when you see it, I did my job.

I mostly work in acrylics and ink on canvas and paper, as well as printmaking and collage.