Q: I was born in…
A: February, in NYC.
Q:My earliest art memory is…
A: my mother sharing her watercolor paints with me. Also maybe this is a Brooklyn thing or a me thing but our apartment radiators were always crazy hot and if you held your crayons to them they would make these beautiful melted abstractions…
Q: I first realized I wanted to be an artist when…
A: no definitive moment but I loved the darkroom as soon as I stepped in. It’s all music and science and magic in there.
Q:My mentors are/were…
A:The people who brought me up. Joe Zarba, Lizzy Snaps, Ron Amato, Allison Wade, Ryan Pfluger.
Q: I feel most inspired to create when…
A: Who knows when it’ll hit. Music helps.
Q: When I feel stuck creatively, I…
A: collaborate.
Q: My favorite artists to follow are…
A: Right now it’s Jennifer Packer, Carrie Mae Williams, Johnny Floyd, Tone Tank, and Louis Sarowsky.
Q: I can’t start my day without…
A: I mean these days, like a fuckton of delusional optimism.
Q: My most prized art possession is…
A: any film camera, really.
Q: Finish this sentence: Art …
A: I think, inevitably, the conduit to our peace. We’ve got to get it out somewhere.
