First StepFrom the Artist In my work composition, balance in the painted surface and aesthetics are more important than the articulation of meaning. If an image succeeds in making a statementexciting. In order to keep a narrative piece open ended, I commonly shoot images so that the models' faces are not seen. Viewers are allowed to make their own interpretation. I try not to capitalize on the spiritualism of my heritage by giving the impression that I have,

Cole noticed that the yokes placed around the necks of the imprisoned were the same basic shape as a guitar

I am comparing each to the other every time

in the sixth grade

and icons found in my work are copied

drifting across the wide ocean

echoing our contemporary era in which digital systems structure technology

poses the question with full awareness of its edge — Santa Fe long functioning as shorthand for a certain institutionalized

In aesthetics context I confirm a fragmented vision

I believe that in our search for novelty in post-modernist art-making

Landau's strong drawing skills and the energy of his line reflect a unique way of working with mylar

and oranges are the light itself

generating warmth and unease in equal measure