Words are often the leaping off point for many of my images: phrases found in a song, a book, a poem, a metaphor that demand to take form in shape and color. When I am making art I allow myself to believe. I believe in balance, justice, connection and coincidence. I yearn to remake the world. I want to tell the stories behind the story. I want to leave behind the wars, the princes, and beautiful brides and take up with the snakes, hobos, and the babushkas. I have been carving, inking and printing wood blocks since 1994. I love everything about the woodcut process. I love the feeling and sound when I carve the wood, when I mix a viscous pool of ink, and when I first roll color on the board. I love the possibility of paper, the problem solving and the pace. I am interested in using dreams, subconscious symbolism, archetypes and myth to gain a deeper understanding of the human condition. I try to find a balance between contrasting sentiments, between seriousness and levity. The ideas always translate into woodcuts. The vibrancy of color and texture that this medium creates provides me with a perfect collaborator.
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