Growing up in a blue-collar family in Pennsylvania, I developed a strong work ethic. It was in high school that my serious interest in art took root. After graduation, I spent a year at Tyler School of Art, but eventually moved into the workforce, immersing myself in various industrial environments. Despite the challenges, I remained steadfast in pursuing art independently, laying the foundation for my artistic identity.
My journey led me to New Mexico, where I explored diverse art forms such as jewelry making, silversmithing, bronze casting, and screen printing. After a few years, a serendipitous turn led me to a tattoo apprenticeship. Returning to Pennsylvania, I continued to progress as a tattoo artist while working in industrial environments, finding the inspiration that fueled my creative expression through the use of discarded and recycled materials. I now live and work in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
The core of my practice lies in the transformative power of salvaging and repurposing, where the overlooked and abandoned find new life in my compositions of collage, assemblage and sculpture. Working with recycled and repurposed materials allows me to engage in a dialogue with sustainability and environmental consciousness, and through my work, I am attempting to shed light on the rich stories embedded in the discarded.
Through the exploration of recycled materials, discarded objects, and traditional mediums, I aim to create an understanding that imagination and creativity is not bound only by the economic constraints of fine art materials. My art is an invitation for the viewer to create personal naratives, see the potential for renewal in the discarded and to recognize the beauty hidden within the everyday.
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