Artist's Statement

The main influences for my artwork come from Japanese prints, nature, my environments and endeavors. Recent problems with my mother’s mental illness have led my art to also take on psychological atmospheres. I try to catch beauty through the evanescence of life and my environments. There is no such concept as “mastery” in art; I believe a true artist never runs out of challenges and opportunities to improve. Art is my life’s purpose and as the 19th Century American author Henry James so eloquently stated, “It is art that makes life, makes importance…and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.”

Bio

I am currently a fine arts major at the University of Arizona. After I graduate in 2009, I intend to teach art as a graduate student, earn my masters degree and then become an art professor. Due to the unsteady nature of an artist's income and my inability to pay for schooling, I am presently pursuing various scholarships to finance these endeavors.
Many of my paintings are commissions from people I have met through friends or educational and professional relationships.