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As a self-taught artist...
I search for universal themes which evoke specific emotions from the
viewer... I am interested mainly in sexuality and mortality in my
narratives. I look for the souls of individuals in my work, and try to
represent them on the canvas. I paint drunks, fairy godmothers,
prostitutes and invented scenarios which are drawn from observing
everyday life. I paint in color and black and white. I draw greatly from
mysticism, religion, pornography, anthropology, philosophy, psychology
and I am influenced greatly by German expressionism, pop art and Deco. I
enjoy using symbols to evoke emotions in my work. I believe in Jungian
collective unconscious and try to infuse my work with symbols that the
viewer can relate in a variety of ways to understand the story that I am
trying to illustrate. I believe that I am a "modern day
shaman" whose main responsibility is to become a vehicle for an
energy greater than myself. I sometimes feel like an "idiot
savant", and paint intuitively rather than strategically. I
research images, do preliminary prototypes and agonize over composition
and color, but once the brush is in my hand, all prior planning may go
by the wayside. Painting allows me to exorcise personal demons and
search for "who I am". If there is one thing I have learned
since starting this artistic journey, it is that I feel: "we all
die confused".
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