Artists statement:
My work is inspired by the anonymous art found in the streets. The art is often in the form of calligraphy or the actions of torn or stripped posters. The inscriptions in my work are used as a form of drawing, and to maintain a record of my observations. In my travels I have encountered a similar dialogue that takes place in most cities. I find compositions on surfaces of deteriorated walls, and remnants of construction markings. In my paintings I create layers and textures representing the age of memories collected through different periods of my life. Evidence is left on walls by fleeting creators both aware of their message, and oblivious to what I may find in their signs. Still, they remain mostly unidentified. When working on my paintings I imagine that different people are making choices to write, paint or destroy the surfaces. To do this I employ techniques to age the work, adopting materials normally used in construction sites. I am using my imagination to capture the psychology of a segmented reality. These realities, which are deposited into our subconscious every day, are the basis of a dialogue that goes mostly unnoticed. Once these ‘segmented realities’ or images are converted into paintings, they become a ‘memory document’, a sort of time capsule for my experience of history. With this language I hope to communicate and provoke thoughts of the past and present conditions in the human spirit.

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