You recently moved upstate. Was there a reason for that?

I moved upstate to change my environment and find more time to focus on my work.

Are you able to churn out a lot of work there? Is that important?

My work takes quite a bit of time for me to properly pronounce. I don’t consider that I churn out a lot of work, nor am I concerned with that. I do, however, spend most of my time painting.

How does your process start, How does it proceed, and do you ever set limits for yourself?

My process begins by gathering materials and is furthered by scrutinizing them in the context of one another. I use perception and an intuitive approach to image making. The nature of art making seems boundless to begin with so to set limits would seem futile.

How do you choose what material works best?

Different materials resonate at different times, and different pieces require different materials and approaches to fulfilling their proper execution.

How does it make you feel when people say that your work is stylized or has a certain style?

I don’t think that having a distinction of style or having a command of articulating materials in a distinctive manner deems ones work to be stylized. I think of it as an honor and a grace to be recognized for having created a style that is original.

What does the color and texture underneath represent and What does the white represent as well?

In my work I am creating a passage as what is found in literature and using materials I have found in my passage, as in journey, to represent it. The white shapes often found on the topical layer are a way to communicate a fluidity of lingual gesture once pronounced in my work and sometimes still through nonsensical wordage.

Is there a commentary there?

There is no commentary found in my work. I am uninterested in illustrative means of communication. In all aspects of my work I am communicating that which resonates in my nervous system and awareness in relation to my environment.

i’ve often found people who view the symbols in your work as primitive. What are your thoughts on that?

Everyone has within them things that are indigenous to whomever they are. In my time spent painting, things that are indigenous to me have crept through. These symbols that you have deemed as primitive are my means of communication.

How has your work changed over the years? What do you find yourself exploring now?

Time is constantly moving and in my time in relation to space I am making sense of myself through experience and material and that which resonates from within.

What’s Next on your plate?

I am working on more work, and if I may quote the great man that is Mike Tyson: “My past is my history and my future is a mystery.”