My artwork explores the constructs of human behavior, the how and why of what we do as a species. We use science, mathematics and architecture to secure our most basic needs of food, shelter and safety. Shelter and safety are both addressed by architecture in that we are protected from elements and predators by building structures. As we group together in denser population centers structures evolve into cities. This solution then becomes a new problem as our innate behaviors have to adjust to new and self-made environments. These cities change, often times morphing from one civilization to the next. At each moment in time, cities are simultaneously in different levels of decay and growth.

The use of space, layering, and overlapping of architectural structures in my work is an attempt to capture the unstoppable nature of what humans do in creating their own habitat. The colors and lines are used to create ambiguous spaces. In an attempt to make more suitable environments for ourselves, we adapt to what already exists by modifying or by rejecting it outright. Humans build evermore complex and efficient systems and societies over time and with billions of humans, each building, making and acting in their own self interest, the effects are amplified. The species as a whole seems to be in a constant behavioral sink, endlessly acting on our environment and reacting to it. We have no control on the destiny or impact of our creations. As we group together our behaviors change, modifying the city further. In these paintings, the cities are not grounded in the earth. The cities are impermanent, always changing, growing, rotting or disappearing. The rise and collapse of cities and societies are inevitable as a result of human behaviors. It is the universe that we build through architecture that shows us who we are as a species.