He is an inter-media artist, visual designer, color researcher, and digital culturalist. His primary research interests are in computational color design methods and digital esthetics. He collaborates with musicians, dancers, choreographers, mathematicians and computer scientist and has exhibited internationally. His awards include: Best of Show/Digital Printmaking (2013), Indiana Arts Commission Grant (2014), Creative Achievement Award/IVLA (2007), Bank One Purchase Award (2004), Puffin Foundation Artist Grant Award (2003), 15ht AVA Juried Annual Exhibition Award (2002) and several grants and awards by Purdue University both for his teaching, research and art projects.