I am interested in the power of symbols and the response to charged imagery.  After accepting that there is no universal reaction to any one work of art, I have started to play with the possibility that a single art object could then allow for infinite interpretations from all its viewers.  The artist’s intention is the single most important part of their work while it’s simultaneously the least important.  For me, part of the problem today is that our knowledge interferes with the experience we once had.   By providing my audience with an environment where they are inundated with intentionally disparate imagery and literary cues, the art object then forms in the mind of the individual making the experience unique and varied depending on each person’s perspective.
 
      I find similarities between my practice and that of the Pop artists who took our collective experience and focused it through a more personal lens.  I have compiled imagery from popular culture and combined it with my own inventions and narrative elements.  By removing these elements from their original contexts and allowing them to inhabit the same picture plane and the actual physical space of the gallery, I have created a level playing field where contrasting elements of iconography can interact.  The resulting imagery is intentionally convoluted but works to become thought provoking and resonant over time.  My aim is to keep the work at its experiential level for as long as possible so that its meaning can’t surface too rapidly allowing the viewer to be finished with it all together.  The end product being that each viewer will have their own unique experience with the work and find infinite messages upon each return stemming from their own experiences and knowledge.