Artist's Statement

In creating my work, I often focus on the story of my work. While I almost always have
 a story of my own in mind, I find that the most successful pieces are  those which can
 inspire many stories. This narrative aspect to my work is how I measure the success
or failure of any particular piece. The viewer should get a sense of emotion, action,
 character, or place from each image. If any one of these is communicated effectively,
 I believe that the viewer will fill in the rest of the story themselves, inserting their own
 experiences and wonder into the scene. I believe that all communication is storytelling
 in one way or another, and that the most effective stories are those formed by the
 collaboration of two or more people, either as a speaker and a listener, or an artist
 and a viewer. Even when only one person is speaking, the listener is rarely passive,
 usually contributing either through comment, or memory. We cannot listen to a story
 without comparing it to our own experiences, and in that comparison a new story is formed,
 changed by our own interpretation of the things we are told or shown. For this reason no
two people ever walk away from a book, movie, or painting with quite the same reaction
 or impression of it. Each has experienced a different story due to the coloration of their
 own emotions and experiences. The difference between my work and some others is that
 my goal is to invite this dialog, to encourage the forming of stories and to cooperate with
 my viewers in the creation of new tales.