I could go on for 300 words explaining what these pictures mean to me and what message I’m trying to send, but honestly, I’d be BSing you.

The truth is, I took these picture with a plastic, red 120mm camera when I was out with friends at bars, parks, restaurants and lake houses. The camera was casually strung around my neck and I casually snapped away.

That’s not to say that I don’t think these pictures have some aesthetic value, because I definitely think they do. They please my eye for no specific reason-or for a million reasons that might not make sense to you at all.

I didn’t take a picture of a cat with a red flash to convey some deeper message about society and consumer culture; I took the picture because it made me happy. I liked it. And I don’t feel that always has to be explained.

I like candid. I like color. I like journalistic. I like spontaneity, passion, mistakes and the irregular. These things are art for me.

Art doesn’t have to be pretentious. And artists don’t have to have tortured souls. You don’t always have to understand what someone is trying to say with their work for it to be important.

I believe in what it means to you; how it makes you feel. I’ve always thought it was a lost cause trying to attach a certain meaning to a work. Its irrational to think it will always mean the same to everyone who experiences it.

I try to let my art be simple, uncomplicated and welcoming. I just want to make things that are fun to look at. I want to make art that I enjoy.

My artist’s statement: I do what I love, and I LOVE what I do.