I've always been fascinated by objects degraded by time and use - rusty truck boxes, scratched tools, bent signage, Boba Fett's helmet. Imperfect veneers that constantly change under the rigors of life: chipped, scratched and faded but still useful. Each mark, gouge and dent tells a story, spins a yarn or becomes a fable because absolute truth, like the past,  no longer exists. As I get older, this ethos is becoming more personal - the dings and patinas we suffer through life transcend wisdom and character creating 'new' beauty.  Paradoxically, it gives us an opportunity - consciously or not - to create myths and mysteries. Our history is a story we tell ourselves. The work explores this concept in minimal forms, mixed palettes and nature's input.

My work has a spiritual nod to the Japanese concept of 'wabi-sabi'. Simplistically it's a world view centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of appreciating beauty that is "imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete" in nature. Author Richard Powell distills the belief through a western lens - "Wabi-sabi nurtures all that is authentic by acknowledging three simple realities:  nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect." 

The work falls into the cultural mode of metamodernism - a term used to describe an aesthetic approach that oscillates between modern and postmodern attitudes. It recognizes the irony and skepticism of postmodernism but also reaches toward sincerity, hope, and meaning (and meaningless) - without pretending those things are simple or absolute. 

I employ a circular economy principle in the creation process of my work - using scrap from previous projects, reclaiming portions that were 'dead ends' or just re-imagining current pieces. 

Sub-textually, the work is a critique of conspicuous consumption fueled by the transformation from artisan capitalism to our current neo-feudalist, government corporatism. The former,  which created essential and enduring products has been replaced by a wasteful system which promotes mindless consumerism for temporary objects and short-lived gratification. I think it's incumbent upon artists to be aware of how their uses of matériel and energy impact society at large.