Antonin Artaud once said, "lines of poetry are not explained." I think the same holds true for my work. Artist statements are designed to explain what the artist does and why. I have no explanations. If I had to pinpoint it, which it seems necessary to do in these instances, I would say my desire is to draw from the viewer an emotion, a thought, a curiosity, an imaginative spark. Whether positive or negative, these reactions validate any nonsense I happen to slap on a canvas. I have no qualms in admitting that they are indeed nonsense. A painting instructor in college once remarked to me about one of my pieces, "I dont know if I like it. But I cant stop looking at it." Thats good enough for me.
"There is in every madman a misunderstood genius, whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium was the only solution to the strangulation life had prepared for him." -Antonin Artaud
