what's the idea behind your dolls?
I didn't want to do this in an over the top way but I was definitely working towards the obsessive culture of youth in America. Beauty and youth at any cost.

red vines or twizzlers?
Red Vines. There is a bit of a gamble at stake as far as freshness goes (for either camp), but the twizzlers just taste like rubberized plastic with red dye number 5 added for looks (the red vines aren't that far from that either I know). The nutritional value and chemical input is probably comparable in both no doubt, but Red Vines have won me over.

what contemporary artists are you inspired by?
All creatives great and small, that's the problem--it's all so damn inspirational.

last piece of art acquired?
A beautiful print (a collage of glass vases) by Brad Trost.

tell the audience what movie/book/album/website/tv show/magazine you love that most people haven't seen/read/heard?
The Freshest Kids--A history of the B boy on DVD. I have nothing that novel in the realm of music that I can offer up. Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things William McDonough and Michael Braungart. Prate.com. Shoot your Television. Res magazine (not that indie or unheard of butÞ)

how did you get to where you are now?
Never sleeping.

favorite place in your town?
Mt. Tabor park at night.

favorite place in the world?
My home studio.

i would not be an artist if it were not for _________ ?
Let's substitute the words "an artist" with "creating crap" and then I'd have to say, "I owe it all to my mom" (who left this world way too soon).