Artist Statement

My studio practice operates under the Lordship of Christ and His redemptive work in the world. At the same time, I also draw inspiration from the history of painting and the tensions that persist in human existence and longings. Over the last decade, this has played out through paintings sourced from and conversing with various modern and contemporary art modalities. I aim to reconcile that which is broken in the arts and what can be redeemed as a good gift expression. From the Renaissance and Baroque eras to Abstract Expressionism, Impressionism, Post-painterly abstraction, Neo-Expressionism, and pop cultural imagery, I have sought to harmonize my paintings into discrete, fresh, visual wholes replete with particular attitudes that challenge viewers and art history and create visual apologetics that seek to hold thoughts captive to what is true, excellent and beautiful. From that standpoint, I aim to render meaningful humanizing effects in the eyes of willing viewers that challenge their affections. There is no neutral ground, and all art works in a way that is faithful to God or unfaithful.