My goal as a writer is to foster dialogue about the visual arts in my community.  For the last thirteen years, I have been a regular contributor to the Columbus Dispatch. I have also written for Dialogue, Sculpture Magazine, the CUE Foundation, and for CCAD publications.  Essentially, I am a newspaper art critic.  Functioning as a bridge between the artist and the public, my role is multifaceted in that it blends opinion, advocacy, reporting and education.  Of these, education is my primary goal.  I believe that effective critical writing should provide insight, context, and perspective.  I refrain from letting overt bias enter my writing.  Instead, my focus is almost always revealing the success or failure of artistic intent.