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for endless possibilities.
“MY FIRST JOB OUT OF COLLEGE WAS WITH SPILKER BAKER & ASSOCIATES, A SMALL SPOKANE DESIGN FIRM OWNED BY DON AND HIS PARTNER, JIM SPILKER. THE ARCADE GAME ASTEROIDS HAD BEEN RELEASED A COUPLE OF YEARS EARLIER, AND
DON WAS THE UNDISPUTED KING. HE’D SPEND HIS LUNCH HOURS TRYING TO IMPROVE HIS RECORD- SETTING SCORES.” CKA
that idea of making something my own endured. Sketching has been a continual thread throughout my life, documenting places during travels as well as creating more imaginative pieces. We are so familiar with our surroundings that it often takes visiting somewhere new to inspire the desire to draw. The guru Krishnamurti said
we cannot discover what is unknown; we can only find what we already know. My sketching has been an attempt to discover pieces of the unknown, to ride this rainbow
of imagination as far as I can. In a sense, it goes back to those cosmetics labels. Can I rise above the ordinary? Can I discover a more inspired solution; something
new in the everyday and the familiar? And since it isn’t tied to financial reward, maintaining a style for gallery pieces, or anything else, it’s been a wonderful outlet