I find no need to get emotionally involved with my painting.Quickly get it done and move on.It is not the finished product but the process I like. Technology has made the process of creation extremely efficient.A digital camera and software has replaced the sketchbook and television and the Internet brings images to me.I find that inspiration is fleeting.No sooner do corruption and scandal move me; there is terrorism then snipers, then war...It is difficult to get emotional about anything that I have no control over in this quick paced environment. 

Though visually I have been called a "Neo Pop" painter, I see my philosophical approach closer to the Minimalist in that I like to take the idea or concept to the barest recognizable visual form.  

I often go towards social or political themes in my work but never allow the message to overrule the aesthetic.To me painting is a form of communicating. If no one looks at my work there can be no dialogue started and therefore, no communication.

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