I was told to write up an artist statement. I have never been the greatest at writing one. I think I can be a little too truthful and tend to go on rants sometimes (also doesn’t help I haven’t had a good nights rest for a long time). I mean what can I say? Why do I do art??? I have no fucking idea. Trust me I would like to go to a normal college, get a normal job and not have to worry what I am going to do with me little self. Just I have been doing art in some way or form since….well as far back as I can remember. The only other type of living I wanted to do other than being an artist was to be a pro baseball player. But my dad had to sit me down and tell me that I couldn’t be one, on the account that I am a girl. And like hell I would play softball….the name even sounds lame. It’s like SAWpht….bAWWWWl…. lame….I guess the point that I am getting at is I never really saw myself doing any else in life but doing something that is art related. When I have a job that doesn’t have some sort of fine art involved with it, I fill like I want to die or my soul is being sucked out and then it’s being raped by a panda. Trying to get regular paycheck by getting some type of “normal” job (oh the stories I have to tell from those jobs HAR HAR) but I end up going crazy after a month or so of working. And quit. Unless it’s a sweet ass job (ex: a small indie theater, stretching grills for fancy speaker and working on sound equipment), then I work my ass off and feel real fine and kiss that oh so sweet paycheck.

Ok sorry back on the topic…

I make art cause I feel like I have to. And I can’t think of anything else to do unless it’s playing some rummy. I just always had this urge to express myself in a visual way. Most of the time I look like a jackass. But you live and learn right? You can pretty much ask anybody that has known me for most of my life.

So I don’t know what to tell you kids that somehow found my site. I can’t tell you what my artwork is about…most of it is shit from my head. Yeah sorry no deep meanings to the color usage or the line on the left. I make whatever I see in my head or see what comes out. And I try not to stop till it either feels right or feels nice on the eye when I look at it. (Oh FYI teachers hate when you say something like that). I guess my work is different in the sense that I like different things….also I like to add humor to everything (what can I say I love to laugh) or that’s where I have been going lately with my work. I just want to have a good time and laugh. I find that when people try to make or take art to an ungodly beauty and/or “new idea” it fails….people are too anal about it or try to hard. I don’t think much artwork coming out to day is real. I don’t even think mine is. I just don’t get bother with it most of the time cause I just try to have fun (don’t know if that’s the right word..hmmm) or I try to make the piece for myself and if anyone else wants to look at it you know fine whatever. I focus mostly on less of a meaning and more of stirring some type of thought or feeling inside whom ever is looking at my work. I always find it more interesting when a piece has many different meanings or invoke different things because of different people looking at just one thing. Any ways it makes for better conversation.

Hmmmm, I sort of just went off and typed whatever didn’t I. GOD, I don’t know if any of this is making sense. Maybe that’s just me. Hell look at my artwork. I swear I am in training to become a crazy cat lady of sorts. Also all of the above sounds like a bunch of bull crap topped off with cheese wiz. Maybe I will end it with this.

I like and do my art how I like my men….Truthful and Raw.