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I earned my BFA from CalArts in 1999. I was a depressed kid back then, but over the next few years it became clear I was bipolar 1: the one with psychoses, tin foil hats, the CIA, the second coming, the mafia. High octane brain chemistry feels like how I imagine a mixture of LSD and crack might, and the following depression is brutal. It's a huge aspect of my identity and impossible to talk about my work in any penetrative way without mentioning it. Art follows me everywhere on the spectrum; it's where I wrestle with these extremes, the resulting confusion, humiliation, where I document my moods and record impossible fantasies. I intend a strong and sensitive narrative impact, the feeling there is a story to go with each piece. Working from combinations of various photographs culled from internet research, I compose a tense line drawing that becomes the framework for the indulgence of mark-making, a controlled frenzy of cross-hatching; that's where it gets fun. I have participated in several group shows in Los Angeles, and am now living and working in Berlin.
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