Paintings & Multimedia
String Theories is the first collaboration from Systim with vocalists Vashyn and JosephK — a rain-slick, PNW-noir suite where intimate voices meet granular beatcraft.
Geolocated Series
Lansing
24" x 36", Soy Ink on Masonite
SeaTac
24" x 36", Soy Ink on Masonite
SRQ
24" x 36", Soy Ink on Masonite
Music derived from these traveling experiences.
This song, "In Crooked Ways," was written in the years after leaving my job which required an incredible amount of travel — which kept me away from home, lots of hotels, and lonliness.
Heroes Series
Late Nights In Jazz Clubs
Inspired by the stories of Charlie Parker, Miles Davis and other be-bop jazz musicians playing in dark, smoky clubs in downtown 1950's New York City.
More importantly, it's the stories of the Beat Poets of that time that struck me most — Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and, especially, Lawerence Ferlinghetti. Ferlinghetti is the primary influence on my love of poetry and literature, starting with the book of poetry my father gave me in the 1980's, A Coney Island of the Mind. From there, I was ravenous, a literature and poetry major in college, a poet at heart with a City Lights Publishers tattoo on my shoulder.
36" x 48", Oil on Canvas
Mugwump
This abstract composition, dedicated to William S. Burroughs, channels the unsettling atmosphere of his landmark novel Naked Lunch. With layered textures, industrial tones, and fluid forms, the work evokes both decay and transformation—mirroring Burroughs’ raw, hallucinatory explorations of control, addiction, and freedom. The piece is both homage and reinterpretation, capturing the tension between beauty and chaos at the core of his writing.
36" x 48", Oil and Acetate on Canvas
In-Studio
The Journeys series explores the intersection of professional ambition, personal sacrifice, and human vulnerability. Rendered in a direct, first-person perspective—looking down at one’s own feet—these paintings embody both literal travel and metaphorical descent. Stylistically, the works use expressive brushstrokes and abstracted color fields to suggest memory, fatigue, and dislocation, rather than precise realism. The intent is to document a lived experience of relentless corporate travel and its lasting consequences, while also reclaiming those moments as opportunities for reflection, honesty, and healing through art.
The Passage of Time
24" x 48", Oil and Acetate on Masonite
Puget Sound
24" x 48", Oil and Acetate on Masonite
Signals From Broken Satellites
