I have always built things, literally speaking.   It started from an infant infatuation with whatever my father was working on around the house, and was further bolstered when my uncle showed me how to build miniature boats to sail the great seas of my mothers bath tub from scrap wood and fabric.  It was this simple act on a lazy Saturday afternoon that birthed the idea in my head that if I desired something I could just create it.  My father and my uncle alike had no idea what a forceful notion they had sparked inside of me that has always remained.  It was truly the finest, most humble yet expansive gift I have ever received.  The very thought that with the right tools I could make/build/create my wildest dreams has impacted my life greatly.

My education in the art field continued unknowingly throughout the years ranging from helping my father around the house to internships with professional craftsmen in varying fields.  Along with these informal experiences I studied arts and crafts at Foothills School of American Craft and Design, specializing in sculpture and glass.  For five years I worked as a fabricator in a steel shop building furniture.  It was there I was taught the value of hard labor and a strong back.  Most recently I have been building custom wood and steel furniture of my own design which has allotted me time to develop my own voice in the form of wooden sculptures and manifested sequences of time captured photographically.

In conclusion I would like to thank you for taking the time to view my work and read through the short history of why and how I am where I sit today.  I feel that it is truly important to share with society one’s personal view of the world.  There is much uniformity in our global culture, however it is the contradictions that I find most alluring.  The more juxtaposition we hold, the more concussive we remain.