Artist Statement
For most of my artistic career, I truly felt that I would only consider myself as a photographer. My photo image making journey began in my high school days when I was taught traditional photography methods and processes. Ever since then, I was hooked on the idea of recording the world around me onto silver based materials. The act of wet chemical processing and transforming the world into black and white prints was, and is, an essential part of who I am as a person today. I view the world around me differently; I scrutinize and look at every detail in my environment always pondering what it would look like as a photograph. In my photographic work, I tend to find myself recording and documenting the world around me. The world is constantly evolving thus providing me with the opportunity to photograph the ‘Here and Now.’ My work revolves around that concept. As the days, weeks, and years pass, the world changes but my photographs will not. These images serve as a way for me to look into the past.
Once I entered my college art career, the idea of me solely being a photographer changed dramatically. I was immersed in a creative environment with intelligent colleagues and professors; I was constantly being shown new things and being pushed to the next level. I have been trained in many 2-D mediums from drawing, painting, and printmaking, along with 3-D mediums such as ceramics and sculpture. I have found that since my photographic works relies on documenting the world in a ‘realistic’ fashion, my 2-D and 3-D work has taken a much more abstract approach. While I enjoy making functional things such as mugs and cups, I thrive on creating artwork based on various emotions. Recently, my 2-D work has been focused on capturing the essence of the hectic nature of my mind. On a day to day basis, we experience many different thoughts and ideas and I am in the process of documenting the chaotic nature of the human mind onto a 2-D or 3-D surface.
Once I entered my college art career, the idea of me solely being a photographer changed dramatically. I was immersed in a creative environment with intelligent colleagues and professors; I was constantly being shown new things and being pushed to the next level. I have been trained in many 2-D mediums from drawing, painting, and printmaking, along with 3-D mediums such as ceramics and sculpture. I have found that since my photographic works relies on documenting the world in a ‘realistic’ fashion, my 2-D and 3-D work has taken a much more abstract approach. While I enjoy making functional things such as mugs and cups, I thrive on creating artwork based on various emotions. Recently, my 2-D work has been focused on capturing the essence of the hectic nature of my mind. On a day to day basis, we experience many different thoughts and ideas and I am in the process of documenting the chaotic nature of the human mind onto a 2-D or 3-D surface.