I have a background in design and art. The line, I often find blurs. It’s been a challenge to maintain one pursuit without the other. I now hope I’ll never need to substitute or sacrifice one for the other. My passion for Art has informed and inspired my design sensibilities. The conceptual, philosophical, and social aims of one directed me ironically to the seemingly more utilitarian, functional tangibility of the other. So with that art school idealism as fuel I went back to school to pursue a degree In Industrial Design. I have worked designing/engineering architectural lighting, commercial furniture design, and have also had a few jobs working at art museums. I hope to fuse my interests in the future with a master’s degree with a focus in both fields. Oh, and I have a wonderful little Art studio here in sunny Portland off of s.e. Grand and Oak above a not so little work complex named Shop People LLC.

My second Chaboo was initially going to be another geometric design reminiscent of my earlier paintings. I was hoping to incorporate my ID computer skills for this piece. Price and time became factors I could not ignore. Once again during our collaborative brainstorming Ken advised me to be flexible and do something else. The whole process has been an experiment in new techniques, mediums and reacting to unknowns. As I write this description I must mention, this Chaboo is not done on my point in the time space continuum. I find, it gives me a thrill to work this way. Like my new paintings this piece is about living in the moment, reacting intuitively and having no preconceived expectations of the result. I have just been informed I have very little time to finish this statement. The printers are waiting. I hope you enjoy this Chaboo!