Mission Statement

the above image is the first in an ongoing series I call The Mad Scientists, although really it's just one mad scientist repeated in different colors and contexts. each one has it's own subtitle, with the exception of the first (which by the way has already been given away as a gift, so it is not for sale unless I make a print available at some point). these were created as xerox collages. what I did was to take some pen and ink sketches I did on 4x6 notecards and take them down to kinkos where I xeroxed them in black and white on colored paper. then with an exacto knife and some paste I cut them up and re-assembled them in different configurations and colors. sometimes I started with an idea of what kind of mad scientist or mad scientist scenario they would represent, other times I named/assigned them after the fact. others may disagree, but I feel this is my first unabashed foray into pop art in that the idea was directly inspired by Worhol (although I hope to say that it is divergent enough as to not be dirivative).

those new to my art, or new to the direction my art has been taking over the last few years, may notice that much of it, especially the abstract stuff, has science fact or science fiction themes. I fully embrace that, and I think it is something that the art community at large has overtly neglected for fear of seeming unfashionable. personally I do not care for the idea of art as fashion that is to be adored for a week and discarded as passe the next. this has hindered art and has cut off the the general public from it. quick: name a current visual artist working today who is a household name. no, not some of whom you are a fan, someone your mother might have heard of. you probably can't. yet Worhol was a houshold name in his time. Picasso in his. most people nowadays do not think about or care about visual art, and that is a tragedy, given that people have been creating visual art for as long as there have been people. I believe the pretensions and the allignment with notions of fashion have put up a barrier between art and the people, and I seek to do my part in tearing down that barrier. how I intend to do that is to follow my bliss, and to be unashamed of the themes I convey, whether or not the black-turtleneck mafia characterizes those as "low culture". and I stand by my results. my art is to be appreciated on whatever level you, the audience, wishes to appreciate it on. you do not need to "know art" to know what you like. if you do "know art" and alos like mine, that is fine too. if my art makes you gigle, then gigle. if you see something in an abstract piece of mine that I did not notice or intend, you are not wrong in seeing it. and by all means tell me what you see. I for one love finding things other people see in my work that I never concieved of. that is one of the most fun things for me about making abstract art.

my art is for all levels and all people who like my art. and if you don't like my art, blow.