The muted color scheme allows the occasional brighter yellow or red to pop out on the wall in a show, which I like.

I had always loved Joseph Cornell and wanted to do something with dioramas.

My favorite artists from comics were early ones like Jack Kirby or Steve Ditko who had a real heavy ink style. Captain America, co created by Jack Kirby, was a favorite of mine and I sometimes use an altered version of his costume on some of my characters.

P.I.L. has been a favorite of mine since high school especially there metal box album. The guitarist Keith Levine gets some of the best sounds ever to come out of a guitar. The songs are really free form and experimental and have a heavy dub influence.

I make art primarily for myself and to show my friends so I guess it's important to make art that they can connect to.

I use dull colors in my drawings because I started out using a root beer base because it seemed like an interesting idea and when it turned out that it worked quite well as an ink I started using other colors that would compliment it.

I wouldn't consider myself an outsider artist because I have a university degree in painting.