I fell back on my old love of visual interpretation and expression. An experienced professional writer, I was nonetheless unable or unwilling to work out my feelings by jotting them down. I struggled to reintegrate my broken psyche. I moved to Los Angeles, explored several creative career paths and was almost felled by addiction. As his Teaching Fellow, I helped him teach graphic design courses to Harvard Summer School students. As an undergraduate at Harvard, Professor Toshihiro Katayama was instrumental in shaping my understanding of form, color and composition. I was once on track for a career in architecture. The resin allows the viewer to visually excavate the piece by engaging it up close, revealing the sedimentation made up of pigments and solids. The resulting surfaces are further transformed by the application of resin. I’m particularly interested in exploring the topography that arises from layering strata of collage elements. I’ve long been fascinated by maps, topographical representations and diagrams representing what lies under the surface of the earth. When composing my pieces, I try to find harmonies that resonate from the interplay of figurative elements, simple geometries and seemingly chaotic drips and splashes. To those techniques, I’ve added my proficiency in digital design software. I learned using traditional paste-up techniques that made extensive use of paper, adhesive, ink, paint, film, cutting and measuring instruments, photo manipulations and Letraset transfers. My approach to making art is directly informed by my experience as a design student at Harvard. My mixed media work features carving and layering techniques inspired by traditional Japanese woodblock printing, sumi-e, cel animation and the constantly evolving art of the North American streetscape.
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