Artist statement

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      I create physical works of black and greywork design focused thematically on the human experience of generating expression through symbolism. Within society we often understand each other through how we express ourselves- while it should be for our thoughts and actions- most often it is through the physical expression in which we are defined by others. I desire to take this idea of the physical expression of oneself into the hands of each person through our self-proclaimed symbols, or through a tattoo on one’s body. We are not simply the body we are born into, and we are completely intertwined with the world around us through the symbols we generate our own meaning through. 

The most passion I have within the art I do is toward the process of creating and executing a tattoo. This is mainly due to the physicality of the work, the permanency of the work, and the process through which I create the designs is almost always representational and profound. 

My art exists within this realm as a representation of how I see the world and how I believe I should live my life within it. Tattooing for me is representational of a physical deeper and connective ability all humans have to understand oneself, and through the process of making them, I am consistently learning more about how we deduct meaning through symbolism within the extent of the human experience.