Artist Statement

My work tends to bounce back and forth between a sterile, digital aesthetic and the familiarity of more traditional techniques. My process plays within the expansive range of screen technology and craft, creating a parallel between complex computer imagery and timeless forms of artistry through an obsessive craftsman like process. I use computer software as a digital investigation into my traditional drawing practice. The electric typewriter drawings act as a translator between the two forms of visual communication. The intent is to create a complex rhythm within simplified boundaries. Precision and controlled accidents, obsessive manual repetition and multiplying glitches, are the results of a process that occasionally breaks down in execution to yield errors in the ‘code’. I appreciate both the speed and consistency of programmed technology as well as, the hand made with its tendencies for human error. The meditative, and at times,laborious progression allows for the development of twitches and errors within a complex and methodical system.
I choose to make work within this theoretical framework because it allows me to explore the evolving relationship between analog precision and digital logic through the lens of traditional tools. Using cnc routered templates and electric typewriters, I engage in a process that values both control and unpredictability. These tools act as translators between systems, bridging the tactile labor of drawing with the mechanical rhythm of typing. By reducing imagery to basic geometric forms, I can focus on the repetition, and subtle deviations that emerge through sustained manual effort. This method embraces the meditative qualities of craft while also reflecting on the limits and language of machine-based systems. In this space, I’m able to question authorship, embrace imperfection, and create a dialogue between handmade intention and programmed behavior.