Art Is Food

Art Is Food, Feed the People. Art is Food, Eat Something. These have been the mantras of ARTSHOP since 2005. The phrase comes from a poem I wrote and read at an Art Town Meeting in Burlington, Vermont in February 2005. So many people asked me for a copy of the poem...

Art Product

I produce art products as a means of exploring further questions of object and meaning: How does an object have meaning? Why does an object have meaning? And what role do objects play in our lives? North Americans are consumers by nature. We acquire stuff. In doing...

ARTSHOP

How does an object have meaning? Why do we own objects? How do we consume, acquire, or collect objects? How does art become or maintain its relevance? These questions are central to my practice. I started ARTSHOP in 2004 as a way of organizing, exhibiting, and sharing...

Hold Me

Hold Me 30″x80″; acrylic paint, spray paint, print transfer, and collage on reclaimed door; 2007 STATEMENT I have long enjoyed with the patina left by aging posters and bulletins and graffiti that accumulates on walls in a city. In 2007, my partners and I...

Love Guns & Other Weapons of Affection

In April 2013, I started listening to “Grenade” by Bruno Mars: Easy come, easy go, that’s just how you live Oh take, take, take it all but you never give Should’ve known you were trouble from the first kiss Had your eyes wide open, why were they open? Gave you all I...