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I cultivate a studio practice where I focus on complex ideation, process, and contemplation. I research a particular topic, often with ideas grounded in scripture and philosophy, and I aim to illuminate this research through my work.
I typically gravitate toward non-representation because I believe the spiritual dimension of personhood, though unseen, is as real as what I can experience with my senses. I believe this spiritual reality is vital to human wholeness, and I desire to give it a physical presence. My work is mainly a spiritual discipline that has a physical result—I want, above all, to know the person of God, and the fruit of that pursuit is the work itself. I’m passionate about inviting my viewers into contemplative spiritual spaces.
I often make experimental work, incorporating new techniques and media into most of my bodies of work. It’s invigorating to engage with the wonder of a material and to create context and meaning for a particular process of making. I hope for my viewers to find meaning not only when they view my compositional choices or colors, but also when they are invited to discover my materials and process. I enjoy creating open works that can be received in a variety of ways by the viewer.
It is also important to me to share the unseen mystery of process that is usually only accessible within the artist’s studio. I achieve this through a rigorous practice of self-documentation, using both film and still photography.
I typically gravitate toward non-representation because I believe the spiritual dimension of personhood, though unseen, is as real as what I can experience with my senses. I believe this spiritual reality is vital to human wholeness, and I desire to give it a physical presence. My work is mainly a spiritual discipline that has a physical result—I want, above all, to know the person of God, and the fruit of that pursuit is the work itself. I’m passionate about inviting my viewers into contemplative spiritual spaces.
I often make experimental work, incorporating new techniques and media into most of my bodies of work. It’s invigorating to engage with the wonder of a material and to create context and meaning for a particular process of making. I hope for my viewers to find meaning not only when they view my compositional choices or colors, but also when they are invited to discover my materials and process. I enjoy creating open works that can be received in a variety of ways by the viewer.
It is also important to me to share the unseen mystery of process that is usually only accessible within the artist’s studio. I achieve this through a rigorous practice of self-documentation, using both film and still photography.
The process of making is its own reward: a meditation and a prayer, 2022
11 minutes, 30 seconds (headphones recommended)
Short film, created for O Mirabile Mysterium
11 minutes, 30 seconds (headphones recommended)
Short film, created for O Mirabile Mysterium