Artist Statement

I am a cynical man and my work will more often than not reflect that. I like to create highly contrasted visuals as well as characters. I like visuals that pop off the screen and themes that hit you with sledgehammer force. Subtlety can be useful, but I like smacking my viewer in the face rather then gently caress them. Noirs and the pulpy barebones films of yesteryear inspire me as well as the 80’s neon aesthetic. I like my heroes to be a bit villainous, and my villains to be a bit heroic. I like my women powerful and enigmatic. Some of my favorite directors include Nicolas Winding Refn, Martin Scorsese, Edgar Wright, Kathryn Bigelow, and Neil Blomkamp. I like everything to be ambiguous in regards to my characters, their motives and whether they’re good or bad. I like challenging my viewers rather than holding their hand. My works will be meant for escapism. I want the action to be brutal and the spoken word to be ambivalent. Industrial settings interest me way more than rural ones because I believe there is so much more going on in the streets than in the fields. But there are stories to be told everywhere and it is my duty as a creator to build them and tell them. There will be no damsels in distress in my works. I like the slow burning mystery as much as I like the in your face action movie. The themes explored in my works will clash more often than they click.