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06 Mar 2026
My friends. Nothing amps me up more than talking about the process of a piece and geeking out about it. Other than that It's almost always something from the seventies.
Most of what I do is autobiographical in some way or another. I've been journaling a lot in the past few years. While it's nice to have a physical and legible record of my life, the same information is in the artwork that I show (and don't show) to the public.
What is something people might not know about you as an artist?
I shouldn't be one. No part of my upbringing points to this being the thing that I should be doing. So much of what I've built is out of duct tape and spite - and I'm really very thankful for getting to do it all.
My daughter and I live in Lakewood. Last year, she surprised me at my booth for Lakewood Art Fest to hang out and meet her friends. I watched her brag about my work all day to her friends. I figure the respect of your pre-teen daughter is more rare and valuable than anything else this career could ever bring me.
Although being a part of the Flatstock poster events alongside some heros of mine is a close second.
My first experience with DayGlo paints was using them outdoors to paint a mural at Brite Winter a lifetime ago. I'm still chipping the frost off my bones from that night but the colors did a lot to keep me warm. They became a bit of a mural staple for a while. So, I'm really very excited to be screenprinting with them for this show and bring them into this phase of my creative life - without the danger of frostbite.
