My concern as a conceptual artist is making the viewer think about something in a new way. I like to blur the line between the medium and the image, and often make pieces that are self referential or involve the viewer as a coconspirator. Aesthetically, I like to use unusual textures and optical effects. My pieces are playful, at least on the surface, but have a deeper, often disturbing meaning. As I've evolved as an artist, my work has become political and philosophical. 

I find found objects fascinating, and whereas many artists use them as elements in an assemblage, I like to feature them as they are, and by embellishing them, they are seen fresh, active perspective. For example, a gas mask is at first frightening, but upon reflection, one is never as vulnerable as when one is wearing one. 

As for involving the viewer, in The Judgement, one is forced to pace back and forth to read the curved text on the heads, just as a prisoner does in a cell. I also have a body of work using objects with lenses. For example, a microscope head mounted on the wall. When you look though it, you see the message “This is how they’ll find out that you’re dying.” A similarly mounted WWII bombsight focuses on text which says “This is how your grandparents’ house was last seen”.

I believe art should move us, either through beauty, emotion, or ideas.