Artist Statement

I think of elaborate ideas, ones that if done in the most realistic way would require a huge warehouse, a crew of 50 and a $1,000,000 budget. However, after the initial idea is conceived, I have to come to terms with my budget of $500 and my crew of one or two and my studio space that is the size of a small living room. To compensate for my lack of money, help, and time, things must be reduced or compressed to fit the original idea. A car that was fully rendered in my imagination will become a flat printout of a car shot against a rear-projection screen. Instead of painting all of the houses in my neighborhood primary colors I will take a few discarded cookie boxes from work, hot glue the opening flaps into an arch and paint the town whatever color I like. My sets and props only have to endure long enough to be photographed. This being the case I don’t see the point in making complete objects, sketchy will do just fine.