When Spike Lee bought the first boombox I ever painted, the series took off.

Since then I’ve been collecting vintage boomboxes to celebrate the history of hip hop in New York City. I’m also venturing into the West Coast scene and 80s music.

I use heavy duty tape, black gesso and oil paint to use the bones of these radios to make the finished art pieces that become sculptural. It’s been an experiment in writing on surfaces that are not flat, instead, ones that curve, bump out and replicate the music experience with all the movement of an emcee. The writing I do is designed to feel like it’s moving, perfectly imperfect. I borrow from street art styles with the motivation of a journalist reporting on the real music history as it was lived when these devices were used.

The BABYBOOM series was also created as budgetary option for people with perhaps less space and less to spend. I regularly show these at Noname Gallery in Philly and Studio6 in New York City.

My newest turntables are also being designed to hang on walls and/or as standalone sculpture. I’m starting to consider special commissions for installation in homes and corporate spaces.