I'm a writer, creative producer, visual artist, performer, teacher, and musician. An idea man, a jack-of-all-trades, a local kook. All of which often rolls into the proud and ancient role of storyteller.
I'm best known for making up The Sock Puppet Portraits, writing the related book, "Sock Puppet Madness," and for performing with rock band/art collective/giant monster/sock puppet, Uncle Monsterface. It's true, I do lots of other stuff, too, including (but not limited to) walking my dog and making excellent sandwiches.
As a multi-disciplinary artist and creator, much of my work has a little story behind it. I've built a giant world of stories that has co-evolved and connected with my art and ideas using whatever medium(s) seemed appropriate or inspiring at the time. I'm fascinated to use characters, storytelling, narrative, world-building, and creativity itself as a metaphor and method for making sense of this crazy world we live in. I'm currently at work on a book that ties many of the smaller stories into their larger context, The Seven Layers of Space.
I often focus on themes of the everyday and shared struggle, triumph, and all-too-real absurdity of being a human.
Moreover, I'm chasing a sense of wonder and moments of real and honest connection. Wonderful connection. To you, to myself, to the universe, to all of the stuff.
Within this rambling context, I'm deeply committed to bringing together diverse creatives in order to see these mad-cap schemes through via an endless array of collaborations, both to realize my own crazy notions and those of others.
In short and to reiterate: I love to make stuff.
I've had five published books and worked as a consultant for cool folks like Nickelodeon, Hasbro, Trusty Sidekick, Google, NOVA, The Henson Foundation, Harry & The Potters, Leroy’s Place, Wonder Fair, Barnes & Noble, Maker Faire, many others, and mostly me, running my own business of art sales for over a decade. I’ve pitched concepts for intellectual properties to Nickelodeon, Nick Jr, Penguin Books, and Comedy Central and had major projects in development with a variety of production studios. It’s all very fancy.
I grew up near and in Boston, went to Mass Art as a SIM major, did a bunch of crazy stuff, and now I live in Brooklyn with my inspiring partner and our super sweet dog, where I work as a freelance artist and author and keep and maintain no less than three hat racks, stands, or buckets.
In addition to working as a creative producer, writer, and artist, I also works as a teaching artist with a specialty in early childhood development, a space that is very inspiring for all of my work. I have also worked teaching almost all ages, and have a deep interest in working with and creating spaces for and with neurodiverse populations.
In all of my work, I’m dedicated to arts activism that promotes racial and community justice and inclusivity that promotes accessibility for all people, and I continuously strive to learn and incorporate this ethic into everything I make and participate in.
If you'd like to get very specific and check my stats, check out my CV here, have a look around this site, or drop me a note.