Along the way, I became fascinated with all the grain elevators I saw. Grain elevators evoke a universal theme in me. They're everywhere, they bring the staff of life to people, both in terms of the food they store as well as in interpreting the true simplicity of living. From there, I began to look at other lasting symbols along the highway, eminently, the motels.
Objects have secret lives.
I don't put people in my painting because I want the objects to give the viewer the freedom to insert their own story or narrative into each piece. For example, television plays such an important part of our lives it seems as though TV has a life of its own. All rights reserved.