I did not set out to become a philosopher. I set out to paint. I trained my eye and hand. I learned to mix paint

There are weeks when the world feels heavy before you even read the details. I’m not going to summarize the news here. You don’t need

During my residency at Byrdcliffe Arts Colony in Woodstock, NY, a fellow resident remarked on my work. They made an assumption that revealed the core

1. Context: Representation in a Post-Certainty Era Realism has always negotiated with truth. In the nineteenth century it mirrored an empirical world; in the twentieth,

AI automates certainty. Painting tests what remains human. I grew up around engineers, although I did not realize at the time that discussing programing logic

I tell people I live in a ditch. They laugh, and I let them, because it’s true. Against my better judgment, I chose this ditch

The Culture of Endings We live in a culture addicted to endings. Every Netflix series is engineered for the cliffhanger. Every news headline promises the

Venetian Red (an iron oxide earth pigment, like other reds and browns used as grounds) was invented to disappear. I use it to interrupt. It’s