Laguna College of Art + Design

My artwork often reflects an inner world that can be described as “Synthetic

Realism.” Robert McKee, a former art professor at Yale University, used the label to

loosely describe a form of art that although rooted in realism, manipulates and bends

reality. It heavily relies on metaphor and symbolism in an attempt to create a deeper

experience of reality. Synthetic realism constructs narratives that reveal or hint at a

deeper psychological inner world, often autobiographical in part, but universal in emotion

and implied story telling (IIana 1). I have the freedom to express and explore allegories in

different forms and in the construction of an idea I remain conscious of qualities that can

be read universally. I use gestures, colors, historical references and or connections, and

the formal elements of compositional construction. While still guided by the initial

emotion at the inception of an idea, it is my hope that within the initial seed of emotion

and inspiration an underlying subconscious motivation emerges so that a viewer can

relate on a personal level, one that is more than not, without words.