General statement
Is it Funny? A question I often ask myself and others, a simple query that leads to
complex answers. One could say that the question is at the core of my work, but why? A
question to answer a question, why not? My illustration work straddles the realms of the
mundane and absurd, often intersecting in humorous ways. I look at the modern world
in its insanity, and pine for another time where I could cast my gaze upon the world in its
absurdity. I grew up with a metaphorical cavalcade of incredible animated television
programs that inspire me still; the rise of the internet including the dot com boom and
being immersed in some of the biggest generational leaps of entertainment technology
in the last 50 years. But the more things change, the more they stay the same. My work
has an element of classic cartoons, pop culture of the 90s, and early internet meme
culture, all blended in delightful mayhem reminiscent of the iconoclastic counterculture
of the late 90s. I primarily work in the digital medium, utilizing software such as
photoshop and adobe animate, software has been used and continues to be used by
many of my illustration and animation inspirations. My ambition is to meet them
someday as a collaborative professional peer, where I can pose the question to them; is
it funny?