When I begin a new work, regardless of the medium, there are a few goals that are always present and thus become defining characteristics of the work.
I often try to use humor and wit to draw attention to my (and our) unmet potential, urging myself and others through the work to eliminate silly excuses…and hopefully avoid regret in the future.
I also try to call attention to and criticize form by employing familiar forms, but then twisting them in surprising ways.
A third common element of my work is an affinity for layering and collage, an element that I consider to be an analogue to the complexity of experiences and images we receive in this day and age. There is always more than one thing talking to me…
Andrew