am attracted to American productivity-- its excess and fecundity in the twenty first century. It is also by seeing beyond our preconceived notions of place that I find splendor in tract housing glowing in the evening sun or the intertwining of concrete freeways in the heat of the day.
There is a natural abstraction that occurs in our immediate surroundings. In my work I hope to show the viewer the delicate balance between the real and the abstract and to expose not only the terrifying and heroic nature of our suburban sprawl, but also it's often haunting and surprisingly quiet beauty. There is common American desire to avoid highways and suburbs and seek out a more nostalgic idea of our country. By doing this we deny the reality of our societal structures. It is by focusing on the freeway system and planned communities that I wish to emphasize the inconsistencies of what we desire to be an authentic American landscape and what truly is the sprawl that defines our lives.