Artist Statement

Ideas do not inform my work—questions do. I like the inside of a question best—not how does a thing or idea work, but why does it work? It is the place where the power of the question is its potential to reveal an idea. A question structures an idea and an idea structures a question. I find questions concerning order and control in the man-made world more interesting than the order found in the natural world.

My intention is to produce works that address the phenomenon of the virtual information age: where signs, symbols, icons, and code are content, context, and experience. Questions about work, play, and time are the conceptual centerpieces of my current work. Each takes a unique perspective on global society where their meanings unite and fracture us. The series uses language in some form, time, audio, and repetition.

In either an art or design context, my process is to start by asking questions, finding ideas and visually manifesting an information system reorganized into a new communication—the intent is to draw a line, hold a line, or cross a line.

Aside from contemporary influences, these individuals and the ideas they represent—Dieter Roth, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Marshall McLuhan, Charles and Ray Eames, John Maeda, Jenny Holzer, and the I Ching—continue to inspire my work today.

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