The realm of abstraction holds my interest in that it gives me a
chance to express something specific about the human experience that
simultaneously retains a mystery or vagueness about it. I'm very
invested in all aspects of the written word, be it a formal
deconstruction of a language, the physical gesture of mark-making, or
the alienation felt when confronted with a culture/language unknown to
your own.

I study a lot of written languages unknown to me, as well as pull on
my experience with writing graffiti, to take elements of each and
reconstruct them into my own form of communication. These hybrids
transcend from their utilitarian function and expose the beauty of
movement captured. The viewer can't read what the words say, but they
look for the familiar in them, much like a tourist in a foreign
country would do when confronted with signage unknown to them. The
vagueness of the symbols meaning forces the viewer to read the gesture
of the mark.

Previous paintings I have executed had several accumulated painted
layers which I then exposed through selective sanding. I've continued
with idea of exposure through the use of candy as a painting medium.
It functions much like a resin would, making all the layers
translucent and forcing the marks to interact with each other in a way
I couldn't have previously achieved. The candy medium also restricts
my control, letting the action of the captured gesture come through.