ARTIST STATEMENT My artistic practice is a loose network of creative pursuits, all compelled by and in the service of storytelling. I’m an oil painter, a designer, a landscape architect, fabricator, and musician.  Just like any healthy ecosystem, diversity is what makes it whole and resilient. Where one tool may not be able to capture my artistic intent, another can pick up. Where a song can’t find the right words to sing, a painting may.  But no matter the medium, storytelling permeates throughout my art and is the aesthetic by which I hope to connect with my audience.  Often allegorical in nature, my artwork considers stories of human connection, of our environment, of the past and present, of the good and of the lowdown. I tell stories that have been told before and attempt to uncover those that have been hidden.