It was hard to supply a succinct answer in one paragraph, especially since I work in a variety of styles encompassing a variety of themes. (Multiplicity, I love it.) I thought I'd share my response:
I’m inspired by everything, really. I suppose my main driving force is a desire to convey a message relating to the hidden things of life, which are always there underneath the surface… ideas such as spirituality, interconnectedness, chaos & order, and the unexpected. I am obsessed with painting detail, whether it’s photorealist or abstract… I think I like to dive deep into the essence of what I’m painting to pull out an intricate sense of reality. I like to paint things that people can get lost in. I am currently exploring the use of color and design in a meditative, tribal sense. For the past year I have begun working on a few different series combining abstraction with photorealism, in an attempt to marry my two favorite styles of painting in some kind of holistic form that embodies both the spiritual essence of abstraction with the more object-oriented materialism of photorealism. Other than all these philosophical ideas, I also get ideas from everyday life – from looking at folk art of various cultures, from my travel experiences, from random doodles in my sketchbook, from books I read and conversations with friends.
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