I had to break down barriers my entire life. Growing up on the edge of middle class in Middle America, barriers and limitations were a constant reminder that I was not of the privileged class with accessibility to art and culture.

It's frequently at the edges of things that we learn most about the middle. Ice and steam can reveal more about the nature of water than water alone ever could. Mudbog THE ART SHOW explores these edges, both in contextual imagery, as well as in taking off the 'white glove' pretenses of fine art while breaking barriers of presentation and display. It simply is art that is accessible.

Mudbog is exploring what Robert Rauschenberg called 'the gap between art and life.' Too much imagery in contemporary photography is concerned with the artist's ego or some petty emotional problem. The best art is a by-product of self-transformation, then in a much more potent way it will become self-expression. Make the art accessible, and make it demanding and challenging.

I invite you to surround yourself with my view of mudbog from the edge.