I create Neo Surrealist drawings. If you consider surrealism as a fragmentation of imagination/dreams/the universal unconscious, then think of my work as enhanced surrealism that’s trying to piece together what’s being fragmented; to pinpoint the nature of dreams. Most surrealism is visually stimulating, but the subject matter is so random. Not until you learn more about the personal experiences, behavior, and quirks of the artist does the subject matter become more intentional, ideal, and fixed. To me, the most ideal surrealism is artwork that can transcend the artist personal story and become statements of universal truths. Therefore, my process incorporates getting out of the way and having no personal filter in which the “unconscious” images are channeled through – I remove myself from the equation in order to create surreal artwork that needs no background explanation – that way it’s more timeless. I’ve heard surrealism described as “snapshots into the subconscious.” More than random flashes of the dream world, my work takes the most well-timed snapshot into the subconscious to highlight its raw spirit.

            Using automatist techniques among others allow me to arrive at a product in which my own intention is at a minimum. My only intention is to have no intention, in order to channel raw, organic flow. Divine creativity. I trace an imaginary line on the paper and my drawings create a window into another realm where you can see this pure creative flow of lines and form.  When I reach a certain state and entirely remove my intention, I feel as though I’ve become a conduit channeling this organic “live feed” and the drawing draws itself. It’s not my work.

            How does one take these snapshots – or pinpoint this realm of organic flow – with the least intention possible? This process incorporates both technical methods like layering of automatist textures and conceptual methods like lightly guiding the subject matter of my thoughts, which in turn works its way (subconsciously) into the subject matter of my art (i.e. instead of drawing an elephant, I think about elephants while mindlessly drawing abstract lines). Imagine that subconscious flow and dreams have meaning behind them (holding ultimate truths) in which we can unlock. I believe, using the right process within the right setting, it is possible to capture characteristics of the true nature of the universal unconscious because when an artist removes intention; they can channel the raw spirit of life.