ARTIST’S STATEMENT

"I was born in Watkins Glen, New York, on December 7, 1974. I am a self- taught Californian artist. Ever since I was a child I've been interested in creating things with my hands. During My 3rd year in college I decided to pursue Art as my life's work. Since then I've worked in many styles and have enjoyed the perpetual learning process of assimilating new materials.
I began formulating my own style by closing out all external influences. Looking only to my own subconscious as a place of inspiration. I found it necessary to allow my sleeping mind to have control over my creations. In fact many of my earlier pieces have been created while dreaming. Some of which did not make themselves clear even to me until completion. Now I embrace all external influences into the subconscious, allowing these things to manifest in my work abstractly. It can't be forced. It must be allowed to happen. You are just a necessary part in the equation. I find this to be essential in the processing of any of my works.
I believe that all people are creative but have not yet fully exercised the area of their minds that control such things. I believe that it is our collective responsibility, as artists, to further humanity in this re-learning process. Everything is a medium. All things are art."

PROFILE

Neil has exhibted his art throughout Southern California in many group and one-man shows including several pretigious galleries in San Diego, Santa Monica, and Beverly Hills. Neil passed away in August 2010.