John

In my art I work with form, narrative, and symbolic elements. I see each of these factors as having an emergent quality that comes to the forefront of the art each in its time, and in its own way. I attended the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art from 1994 to 1996 in New York City; I studied drawing, painting, and sculpture. Since then, I have been working doing portraiture, and as a muralist for the Mural Arts Program for the City of Philadelphia. I think my work as a muralist captures my love of drawing, painting, portraiture and storytelling. The public aspect of murals brings the amazing qualities of the broad transmission of meaning, and shared experience. People love murals, I think particularly because there’s an implicit invitation to take part in it.