THE POINT OF VIEW

THE ARTIST'S STATEMENT

I make art to start conversations—not to finish them.

I am interested in the moment when an image stops being something you simply look at and becomes something you have to think about.

My work begins in different places: memory, history, music, culture, personal experience, humor, discomfort, contradiction, or a question I cannot leave alone. I do not expect every viewer to arrive at the same answer. In fact, I am more interested in what happens when they do not.

I want the viewer to look closer. Details matter. Context matters. What appears obvious at first may become less certain the longer you stay with the image. That tension—the distance between what we think we see and what may actually be there—is part of the work.

I also do not believe the artist has to disappear behind the art. The stories behind the work, the experiences that produced it, and the conversations that follow are part of my practice. The drawing may live on the wall, but the idea should be able to travel far beyond it.

I am not interested in waiting for permission to make the work, show the work, or build an audience for it. I want a direct relationship with the people who encounter what I create.

For me, the experience is DAVID → ART → STORY → CONVERSATION.