STATEMENT

My goal is to use spray paint to create fine art. Spray paint is rarely, if ever, accepted as a tool for creating fine art and seems to have a negative stigma attached. I want to create images that compete with the best acrylic and oil artists by presenting work that is open to interpretation while working within the borders of a canvas. I strive to make my work transcend graffiti and any associated novelty, ultimately creating a work that can stand on its own while pushing the boundaries of what can be considered fine art.

My work is a reinterpretation of the world around me, using it as my personal coloring book while pushing the boundaries of what spray paint, stencils, and other street tools can do when presented off the streets. I juxtapose text and images in a unique layered structure to encourage the viewer to move back and forth between the two to determine their relationship.

The subjects of each of my pieces have origins in childhood events or experiences, but the pieces are intended to be wide open for interpretation for each viewer to make a different connection to. Street signs are an important part of my work because they are often-ignored features of our urban landscape. We have seen thousands, and probably see hundreds more on a daily basis. I have chosen to present them in a much more noticeable way that still connects my work to its roots – the streets.