Biography

I have noticed over the years that many artists form bonds between the worlds of form, the formless and the formative in such ways that permeate the process of their work. As early as I can recall I have suffered that unharmonious discord of the tediously reflective and over-active imagination and internal dialog from hell. In hindsight, one reason I may have initially developed a sort of so-called “love of the craft” in the early years could be due the soothing relaxed state which is offered to the individual for exploring through ideas, the various mental and emotional chaos of reality and imagination. In a hermetic tradition, the universe turned inside-out, outside-in, the reality of imagination and the imagination of reality.

My educational endeavors as an artist started out by taking a few art and music classes here and there when I could in grade school for various reasons. Throughout High School I found myself taking more art classes along with metal smith, sculpture and welding. After graduating High School I attended the University of Arizona and then Pima College. Between the years of 1994-1998 I took every available class in the art department, lots of life drawing, paintings, printmaking, etc, as well as anything that seemed interesting among subjects like anthropology, psychology, racquetball etc. I participated in a variety of student shows and worked at the Campus Art Gallery during this time. Eventually I had exhausted my formal academic interest and decided to pursue things under my own direction for a while. Since then I have moved around from Arizona up the west coast to Portland and down to Denver where I have been almost the last 10 years. Throughout all of this time doing every odd job from dishwashing to cooking, bartending, musician, retail to phone psychic to emergency dispatching in order to support my painting, in which time I have completed paintings well in the hundreds, released 6 limited books and have had work featured in French publication “Timeless” and American magazine “Firemass”, artwork commissioned for movie and promotional material of independent film “The Story of a Witch”. I also have artwork featured for over a few dozen individual cd/lp releases for bands among such artists as, Not Breathing, Legendary Pink Dots, Edward KaSpel, Silverman, Of Specters and Saints, Un Festin Sagital, Maeror Tri, Surface Hoar, Esperik Glare, Totem, Soriah, Kenji Satori, NecroOrgasmDoom etc. Along with various online art features, reviews and interviews, has also displayed work at a number of multi-media events, festivals, lectures, rituals, venues, galleries, bars, print shops, coffee shops, tattoo parlors, auction/ benefits and so on as throughout the United States as well as Germany. Currently represented by Perihelion Arts.  (http://perihelionarts.com)