After a lifetime of taking photographs, making films, reading and looking at art, I discovered my own visual language which entails creating 3-dimensional worlds from 2-dimensional media. Each piece starts with a seed of an idea or maybe even a single found image or object and the process of making the work is one of discovery. A common theme begins to take shape, and I follow it wherever it leads. Transforming something flat into 3 dimensions allows me to play with scale and proportion, perspective and perception. I become an architect not bound by the laws of engineering. The works are meant to be explored as one would a building, city or ancient ruin, with windows and cracks to peer though, providing a voyeuristic experience for the viewer. My work encompasses a wide range of sources and themes, but one key thread runs through everything, which is finding connections between seemingly disparate images. I am very interested in what Jung called The Collective Unconscious which posits a shared, inherited layer of unconscious mind common to all of us, containing archetypes and universal symbols. These become layered with my own personal experiences. In this regard, I find myself aligned with the Surrealists, finding an alternate meaning as well as absurdity in everyday objects, based on this collective unconscious. The work often addresses dark themes but always with a playfulness based on this absurdity.