As Fate would have it, I found myself as a teenager living in Buenos Aires during the final years of the military regime that ended in 1982. The insular life I had led in suburban USA was forever changed. The three years I spent in B.A. opened my eyes to the bureaucracy, turmoil and bad policy that exist in a crumbling government. Most importantly I began to understand what it means to be a world citizen. Thus began my struggle with my American identity.

In 2008 I  began a series of shows that would investigate the basis of this "struggle." Focusing on a period just prior to my birth as a starting point, I drew inspiration from the culture and policies of the Cold War as the basis for the first installments: "preoccupation," "Hot Fun" and "USA, Inc."

Having studied History and Sociology before becoming a painter, I tend toward a socio-political, historical base in my work. For these first three shows I incorporated imagery from the recent past to comment on current American themes: economic takeovers and "bubbles"; the present state of the American Dream; US foreign policy vs. the World; freedom vs. security and so on.    

In 2009 I produced three new bodies of work: "The Art of Relaxation," "Sean Taylor: owes me money." and "Identity Crisis." These were autobiographical and  designed to be exhibited in the cities where I lived during respective periods covered. They examined the state and history of my American experience as a metaphor for the macrocosm of American life.  

In 2010 I begin a new project: "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness." Continuing in the same vein, I incorporate memory and personal anecdote to analyze the larger context of American culture and history.