A Cigarette Burn on the Carpet of American Art….

Most of my images come from propaganda, war bond drive, and WPA posters of World War II years, and advertisements from America’s golden age of consumerism supply the rest. I remove the elements from their original context and recompose them into a contemporary format. I want my art to evoke powerful social and political discourse. I use many atomic age propaganda media, and rearrange in an act of political and artistic irony. We naturally rally around slogans, banners and idols. I think we are all so saturated with media. I have some of my pieces mimic advertisement I use the images we are strangely familiar with, because deep inside we all identify with Americana.

I am a product of the cold war, and its chilling affect trickled down on me.

I try to delve into the past and resurrect images that invoke strong feelings. My art hopefully speaks to all who have been silenced by apathy. I want my art to continue in the Dadaist tradition of montage artists like Marcel Duchamp, and Max Ernst. My biggest influence comes from Winston Smith, Banskey, and Norman Rockwell. 

Art is not just for decoration, I have never made anything you can regard as fluff. I like being creative with my art, not just a graphic wisecracker. I think that good artists are malcontents, complacency has never inspired anything. My art seems to be at its best when things are at their worst.