The Worm People

In high school, back in the great Garden State, I knew I wanted to be an artist. I took art classes and in every one of them, the teachers would shove the need to draw realistically, down your throat. I felt suffocated, and as any teenager would, I rebelled. I decided that you did not need to show perfect facial expressions to convey deep emotional states. This led to the creation of my Worm People, as my friends dubbed them.

These Worm People, are abstract figure with no faces. their arms and legs can wrap around anything, and for any length. I use color and line to create emotional status and intensity, as well as movement, in each piece. The object is to create an emotion within the viewer. I don't necessarily care if they feel what I am feeling as I create. The satisfaction for me is the creative process. The Worm People some out of what I am feeling, and the working through and finishing of a piece is a way for me to work through whatever it is I am feeling. I do hope the viewer "gets it," but as long as they feel something, I am happy.

The Worm People have evolved over time. They started as pencil drawing and have grown into large scale relief prints.

here is one old one to show you an example of what they used to look like.



Mother and Child