These, I guess, as is all my work, is a search for what has meaning for me as well as what the viewer sees.  When I create work I do not isolate my thinking as if I am in a vacuum but I am also thinking of the viewer as well as myself.  It's not a nonsensical thinking such as what will anybody think, but a calm, contemplaive, meditative thinking, of a culmination of all my thoughts working together in order to create a meaningful piece.  The original inclination comes from me and the desire to make art.  It is a sensation that I experience, however I live in a society that I can not be separted from.  My ideas come from both inside me and from the world around me.

Some art words I made for the elementary school for their show at the Akron Museum of Art.
I thought it was really was a great idea to display children's artwork in a professional setting. Sometimes when you change the environment of the artwork, you can see the work in a different way.

All my work has a history rooted in previous work I've done or something I've seen along the way.  I can't isolate any piece and say that it exists alone without it belonging to a progression or path or derived from something I like or was interested in.  These two latest pieces stem from work I've done in the past with strong contrast of light and dark. My first interest of these images I did in charcoal. These are done in acrylic and spray paint.  I think the drama is what interestes me in these pieces, also when the light hits the object it indicates and emphasizes certain features while the rest of the image blends into the background without a definite point of where it ends.