I was born in an industrial community --- a small steel-mill town in
Pennsylvania, which is located approximately 15 miles from the nuclear
facility at Three Mile Island. I am also a former Airborne Ranger and
enlisted in the U.S. Army at the age of 17.  

Currently my work is focused on personal and societal beliefs and
how these shift over time and age; combinations of objects that create 
a dual attraction/repulsion; horrible transformations forced upon the 
"safe and secure" image of beloved characters that create uncanny moments.  
I tend to see myself conducting "experiments" and "operations" on these
"characters" and so I place my work into the realm of the scientific 
(or, more likely, my own science fiction).   I am also interested in 
examining how a crisis incident can possibly effect early psychological 
development and how this manifests in an adult creation of art.  In 
particular, I often think of my experiences as a young child during the 
Three Mile Island incident and my military service at a young age and 
how this effects mycreative outlook now.


Motives for the Superstar Project as part of the 
DELTA TIME exhibit 2003-04:

Jonathan Lagman and I are focusing on our past, where we may have 
looked, or even acted like geeks AND in the present or future we have gone 
beyond this to the other extreme.  Jonathan is thinking of feelings of 
displacement and having to deal with this as a young person (thus an 
insecurity may have developed). My thoughts about my working-class past 
and who I was and where I am from are my central issues.  While we don't 
think of ourselves as Superstars,  we'd like to think that geeks can 
transform into Superstars.  Of course, there is an element of humor in 
this, but also a version of believing in the underdog.


Motives for the DARK SCIENCE exhibit 2003:

In my latest body of work I manifest my ideas in a variety of ways,
often working with toys (kinetic and non-kinetic), found objects,
surveillance cameras, music and video. I enjoy using these materials 
because they allow for multiple layers of meaning.