why i create (paint, mosaic, photograph, draw, write, etc):

i love to be part of the creative process. it connects me with myself, with others, and especially with God- the ultimate creator and inventor of the creative process. i experience Life when i create.

i want to capture humanity. i attempt in all that i do to capture the essence of the human experience. particularly the spiritual and the emotional experiences which are intertwined with the physical, cerebral, communal, and cultural.

i create to encourage. to say “here’s where i have been” or “this is what i have learned of the human soul.” to be vulnerable, to be open, in hopes that someone else will be moved, taught, or just get to see a taste of beauty (or what i believe to be beautiful).

in this life, there are so many words left unspoken. and i hope to say them through creating, subverting the spoken word.

the photo of the gallery was taken by allie during the opening for the Texas A&M student artfest. if you are in the bryan/college station area, you can go see that painting [the one of the three birds incorrectly labeled as “Psalm 13”] at the stark gallery on campus. it will be up until may 1st, when it will move over to gallery art 979, where i will be one of the student artists featured during the month of May. (!!!) ps- it was extremely hard to plug my own work, but i want people to come support me. 🙂