In my work letterforms are used as shapes
and images are made.
Can letters transcend being letterforms?
Can they disconnect from language?
When is a letterform only a shape?
Is a shape different than a letter?
When does a configuration of letterforms become readable as a word?
Is a word a picture or a concept?
How many words make a story?
Can a story be a picture?

The shapes of letterforms are traditionally intended to be transparent when we read. In my work, letters retain their individual identities while also being part of a larger entity — a picture, word, or story. My stories have visual form and cognitive meaning. They are short and big in size so that the image of the words can be perceived. New and old meanings, both visual and conceptual, collide, explode and coexist in the prints.


One More, 2008, 15 x 22 inches