About Me

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I am a multidimensional, hands-on creative artist and poet with a San Diego based home studio. Having always been too curious and too creative, I have continually studied a variety of artistic disciplines and philosophies throughout my life with established teachers...unstable teachers, artists, schools and whatnot. This, paired with a lifelong investigation into spirituality, has given me a large creative toolkit from which to draw ;) and interest to (respectively) play with, break, challenge, modify, ignore and celebrate the rules related to the aforementioned studies. I am a strong believer in not messing with a child's innate curiosity and wonder, the value of family (however defined), individual creativity, community, and our environment. I continue to study and enjoy creative expressions-with the exception of acid jazz. Some common characteristics found within my work are: re-purposing everyday items and discard-able things, harmonizing opposites, playing with current beliefs and assumptions with a whimsical twist, and delicately blending spontaneity with discipline. The end results are simple, joyful expressions of wonder imbued with an invitation to discover more.

Monday, December 8, 2008

I Love

Anthony Blanco's adoration
Zvonimir Boban’s wings
Jacques Bouyssou beauty (and his paintings are beautiful too)
Brancusi’s essence
Chagall’s purity
Cézanne’s technique
Leonardo’s relentless questioning
Erté’s lushy yummy-ish
Frances Bacon’s power
Gauguin’s simplicity
E.J.Gold’s generosity
Haring’s love
Kandinsky’s structure
Klee’s roots
Klimt’s gold
Lautrec’s openness and for never correcting his mistakes
Matisse’s inventiveness
Michelangelo’s perfect circle
Miro’s frustration and broken mirror stars
Mondrian’s quest for unity
Takashi Murakami’s joy
Picasso explorations
Pollock’s passion
Rembrandt’s tranquility
Renoir’s clarity
Rodin’s expansiveness
Rousseau’s innocence
Seurat’s romance
Van Gogh’s sensitivity
Warhol’s boldness
Dali's imagination