I began using my camera to record and preserve what was being lost.

The underlying blueprint that guides my work revolves around recording, deconstructing, and repurposing the photographs I make.

An ever-expanding personal photography archive spanning over twenty years is the foundation of my art practice. I create mixed media collage paintings using my catalog of photos that goes back 20+ years, documenting changes in the neighborhoods that I grew up in.

Over the years, my focus expanded to include the city as a whole, a practice that resulted in the creation of a catalog consisting of thousands of images recording spaces and daily life in Los Angeles from street level.

The abstract compositions incorporate photographs from specific neighborhoods, resulting in a reconstructed interpretation of structures, ephemeral moments, and scenes from daily life that have been lost to time.

My creative process parallels the sampling (beatmaking) process, replacing records with photographs while breaking down/reassembling elements from the past into a new, recontextualized state.

The finished artwork is an extension of photographs they're built upon, reconfigured through the lens of abstraction. Alternating between making new photographs and utilizing my archive (instead of found materials) forms a critical link between being out in the city and the creation of the finished composition. This multidisciplinary workflow allows me to create work grounded in my lived experience and perception of life in the city as an artist and lifelong resident.