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Bridging the Gap : An Artist Statement

Being an artist has always been a multimedia love affair. I have always created from the heart with desire to share and express my vision. At any given time I am a painter, photographer, and a graphic designer with an intense love for music. Theory indicates there is a continual cross-pollination between music and visual art. However, for me, music and art are one and the same.

When I hear lyrics I see visions painted before me. I feel colors as if they are pigmented by emotion. I experience melodies set to rhythmic tones of nature and I imagine the result of poetry poured onto paper. Such experiences from musical inspirations influence my creations so strongly that the titles of my artwork are derived from the lyrics of a song that I had been listening to at the time.

Over the years, I’ve tried many combinations of artistic mediums hoping to accurately capture the essence of what happens when music fills the air. I found that the use of bold color, strong crisp lines and striking patterns created by digital graphics best fit my desire to express the harmony and movement in which I strongly experience. With the addition of my camera, an artistic eye and a lavish imagination I finally found my groove and JukeboxART was born.

Very quickly the JukeboxART series took on a life of its own by illustrating the essence of musical inspiration through organic elements such as trees, animals, and celestial lightings. I see natural elements as being closely rooted to raw emotion, uninhibited expression and personify the freedom so closely matched by an artistic voice.

My hope is that anyone who views my work connects in a very human sense and is enlivened by their own association to the song or lyric they are witnessing. For me, to be successful as an artist the viewer needs to stand in front of my work, feel the music and allow my imagination to bridge the gap between sight and sound, vision and voice, art and music.

JukeboxART, simply stated.




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All orders are lovingly designed, printed, matted, and packaged in my home studio. (but the real magic happens in the car! Thank goodness for crankin' the tunes and signing at the top of my lungs!)

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