I think that we need to think in slightly less mechanistic ways about the universe…

I rarely start off with a clear vision or an end goal in mind…

…it’s often the unusual, dreamlike and out of place elements that end up finding a point of focus in my work…

I often see technology as a manifestation of our fear of death…

Much of art production and art symbolism I see like an act of archeology, more discovery than true creation…

Often I’ll become transfixed by a detail, riff on a pattern or concept that might be specifically inspired by something tangible from nature…

I think that technology needs more anchoring into a spiritual dimension…

I’ve always felt an affinity to the Native American belief that all of nature has a spirit or consciousness running through it…

I love to start often with a dark palette and canvas as everything beyond that point is an illumination and a revelation…

Sometimes a piece of work blossoms, flowers and bursts forth into existence with an energy and vitality seemingly its own…

If I were to summon up a deity to represent the natural world, I’d picture her as a fiery passionate yet controlled mix of incandescent creation and destruction…

Sometimes I like to experiment with the blending of mechanical and organic forms…

Aesthetic pleasure and beauty are things I actively pursue, but not often in the conventional places…

I associate fire with rebirth and revelation symbolically, so whenever it crops up in my art, I tend to interpret it that way…

I’d love to see a future when nature and technology become indistinguishable from one another…

Visions of other worlds come to me in flashes, vivid yet fleeting glimpses into alternate imaginary landscapes…

The hidden worlds of anatomy and nature, often at a macro level, have always called to me…