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Interests

Over the years, I have found many outlets for personal use of my time, including a heavy volunteering rotation. This is just a small piece of the work I have done. I can't list them all it would take too long:


  • St. Mark's Catholic Church - Converted Catholic on Easter 2023
  • Sustance Church, Minneapolis, Became a Christian and Baptized in 2022.
  • 2018 Heart of the Beast - Mayday parade, actor in ceremony, puppet builder.
  • 2018 Friends of the Mississippi River (FMR) Clean Water Action Day volunteer.
  • 2017 Northern Spark Night Library - Acted as Holographic Head
  • 2016 Volunteer Soap Factory Haunted Basement build and Front office
  • 2016 Volunteer Soap Factory helped fix broken windows and built picnic tables
  • 2015 Volunteer Peace Corps NDMO National Disaster Management Office
  • 2014 Volunteer Peace Corps Vanuatu Santo Luganville College de Luganville 
  • 2013 soap factory Logged 501 + volunteer hours at the 
  • 2013 soap factory: Haunted basement 100 hours of work (80 building, 20 acting)
  • 2013 Northern Spark as a crew leader at the Bedlam Theatre
  • 2013 OutFront Vote Yes Campaign (legalized marriage for all)
  • 2013 Heart of the Beast Theatre: MayDay Parade 
  • Mississippi River Challenge with (FRM) Friends of the Miss. River
  • 2012: MN United Vote No Campaign (victory for marriage equality)
  • 2012 Soap Factory Million projects 500+ hours of volunteer service
  • 2012 Heart of the Beast Theatre: MayDay Parade 
  • Northern Spark / 10-second film fest
  • Friends of the Mississippi River (FMR) removal of invasive species along the river 
  • 2011 Soap factory building projects and art installation and Haunted basement










Artist statement:

My work explores the relationship between acquired synesthesia and unwanted misfit toys. With influences as diverse as Camus and Roy Lichtenstein, new combinations are generated from orderly and random layers.


Ever since I was a teenager, I have been fascinated by the theoretical limits of the universe. What starts as hope soon becomes corrupted into a manifesto of temptation, leaving only a sense of unreality and the inevitability of a new undefined.


As undefined derivatives become frozen through studious and personal practice, the viewer is left with a new agenda about the darkness of our condition. With faith in the Lord, you can be redeemed and find that purpose in what was once missing.


And what begins as yearning soon becomes debased into a cacophony of distress, leaving only a sense of nihilism and the chance of a new reality. But only through the grace of God can one truly know oneself. Blessed be the Lord, my strength, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to fight.


As shimmering derivatives become clarified through diligent and undefined practice, the viewer is left with an insight into the edges of our world.