In July 2012, when a mentally ill gunman opened fire in a theater in Aurora, Colorado, I was sleeping less than five miles away. As an artist I immediately felt a responsibility to respond to what I considered an exponentially escalating social problem.

I began by making large-scale drawings of guns, which then led me to the streets to find out what others were thinking about this issue. I would ask both strangers and friends to make their own drawings of guns, which I collected and then used to make large-scale collages and works of art. .

My project is about creating dialogue about gun culture and the proliferation of weapons in the US. I believe art has the potential to help us find new ways to look at and theorize gun culture in the US.