I paint and try to make them look good (most of the time).

This writing would be better left to someone who is not me, but I'll copy and paste part of a statement:

"We live in a world where our everyday actions are contributing to its destruction. When I walk over to Starbucks and buy a coffee, the coffee beans used to make that great beverage have been shipped and processed using tons of fossil fuels. When I head out to Wegmans and buy an awesome swordfish steak I am condoning the death of a living being for my benefit. When I sit in front of a plasma TV and play Xbox for hours I’m actively engaging in a process that is pulling a serious load of electricity off of the grid, electricity that has been supplied primarily by coal-burning power plants, all just for my entertainment. What specific effects these choices have on the ecology of our world, negative or positive, is a great question. Exploring the duality of these situations, the seemingly infinite possibilities that we have in a given moment, the overwhelmingly different perspectives available, are the things that I am trying to gather, filter, sharpen, and present in my work."
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