Art is usually thought of as a product, but it can also take the form of a practice. The advent of cheap digital cameras in the late nineties enabled me, along with countless other painters short on studio time because of newly born kids, to start taking photographs much more frequently. This photography habit ramped up when I moved to China, and became an important way of documenting and communicating my experiences there. Since returning to the States, I've continued the practice, posting an average of four or five batches of pictures on Instagram each week. While a few of the photos might work as traditional art "pieces" on their own, I'm much more interested in viewing them as a body of work that is shifting, portable, and above all, ephemeral. They're a reminder of impermanence, and a prod to continually take notice of the things that surround me.