ARTIST STATEMENT

There's nothing quite as beautiful as the unintentional. For this reason I've attempted - through the use of color, reference, placement and most importantly, line - to capture, if just a fraction, of the naiveté I see in my surroundings daily. My bright colors and dark, brisk lines reflect moods of small children, brush-in-hand, being told to concentrate and stay within the lines, by those marvelous grade school teachers, who encouraged us all to produce masterpieces. "There really is something that can be learned by the intellectual perception of that which is still in its purest and naive form."

This I believe is something that has slowly begun to diminish in our society. Another very important constant that I attempt in my work is referencing my memories of age 4-10. It was during those years that I became fascinated with comics, dinosaurs, cars and monsters. These memories and my heritage in Latin America helped me to seek out a "primitive expression" of my world as a child.

After studying fine art at the University of Utah and design at the Art institute of Seattle, I began my career as both an Art Director and a painter. It is through this knowledge of both popular and primitive cultures that has lead me to produce the work that I do.

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