Madonna, Will Clark and George Perez

I grew up on Madonna, Will Clark of the San Francisco Giants and George Perez of comic books. Therefore, my blogs, posts, artwork are intertwined with inspiration from all these sources which makes for a rather eclectic and schizophrenic experience for the audience who have no idea what my background is and what I'm aiming for.

Although I'm very intellectual, I like to have fun-- attend concerts, SF Giants Games, and read comic books. Most of all, I like to see and observe greatness. Madonna knows what she's doing and she knows how to work it. People don't seem to understand, that she's playing the game, like a great baseball player - Will Clark, Angel Pagan, Buster Posey. Pop is a whole different animal. The greatest takes risk, ergo pop artists aiming for respectability usually never get it. And you'd have to be blind not to see the amazing qualities that is a George Perez artwork. My god! I mean, come on! Can words even describe the swing of Will Clark?

My work is just a tribute to what I see in pop culture. I, on the other side of the coin, don't understand why people limit themselves to one genre. I mean is life all about Madonna? Is life all about Baseball? Is life all about comic books? I just find sticking to one thing unusual. Maybe it's a marketing thing, why blogs, posts are so one dimensional.

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