1. •Crackpot Realism
Due to the cruelty of American society covered up by hypocrisy, together with the impression of constantly being  deceived by the government and corporations, I developed a suspicion against every kind of authority and  obtained  an attitude of skepticism and cynicism. This attitude as well as the tendency to view things as they really are,  provides the essential mental outlook that is fundamental to Crackpot Realism. Art is an intellectual, automatic process involving the artist's entire being. Irrevocable commitment to any one point of perspective is creative suicide and closes the mind to any new vision of the world. Crackpot Realism offers a new perspective involving relationships concerned with social relevance,  a variety of materials and emotional experiences. In Crackpot Realism there is no distinction between living and making art. The painting is not a representation of life, but a real thing, an object in a real space, that can be experienced as a picture. The integration of  tar, cement, wax, latex, steel and other "non- art" materials along with traditional art materials, eliminates boundaries creating new form. We are able to experience these elements from an unconventional perspective with a certain freshness.  The materials are real, forming rhythms and patterns obeying the same forces of nature governing all things. Physical properties are translated into mental sensations. Crackpot Realism constructs vehicles for emotional states that evoke contemplation with references to inner and outer worlds. Emotion seeks out certain patterns, rhythms, and form to penetrate beyond the superficial appearance of things creating a state of mind that is disoriented from the outside world. The perception is a new abstract realism, Crackpot Realism.
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