I believe the best art speaks and communicates.  As a teenager living in the Greater Los Angeles area during the aftermath of the Vietnam War, I found myself at the tail end of the American Craft and counterculture movements.  I was too young to participate but the influences were all around me.  There are strong parallels between the times we live in today and those days when Americans, grappled with the realization that their government had lied to them at the cost of millions of lives.  I admire the works of artists that sought to speak the truth during these times and those that used their art to heal hearts and our nation.  These influences continue to impact my art today.  

As an artist of faith, I believe my role is to help others to make the connection between their hearts’ desire to make something, build something, create something and their creator, to understand that this desire was planted in their hearts intentionally, that to pursue this drive is to forge a deeper connection with God and to enjoy his pleasure.  I also believe that what I make and how I make it is meant to be shared, and that God who made me expects this from me.