MA Thesis (PDF): Materiality as the Basis for the Aesthetic Experience In Contemporary Art
MFA Thesis (PDF): The Enigma of the Everyday

Statement

During my graduate studies in studio art, I have worked in a variety of fine art media including, graphite pencil and ink drawing, collage, watercolor, acrylic, egg tempera, oil paint, digital photographic prints, aluminum and iron casting, ceramics and found object assemblage. Working through these different processes refined my aesthetic sense, reinforcing my affinity for an organic, spontaneous and referential art-making process that allows me to approach painting from a number of conceptual locations simultaneously. The contradictions and accidents that occur in the process of making art echo contradictions and accidents that occur in other areas of life. Such things are both inevitable and unavoidable, unfolding much the same way paintings are ultimately resolved.