Artist Statement

I am Lithuanian, Slovak and Polish. I am also Catholic.
For me, being Catholic is part of who I am - it’s in my bones.

My Grandma Tokos and my cousin Thomas both had a deep love of God. 
And my Dad had a deep love of the Blessed Mother.

Although I was born Catholic there was a time in my life - maybe ten years - where I did not practice.
I was done with God or at least with the Catholic Church.  So I joined a different denomination. 
Except when I wasn’t at that church, I’d go and sit in the quiet of the Catholic Church across the street.

It’s in my bones

Over the years, I have developed an ache in my Soul. Something deep within wants to be shown and talked about. The only way I can explain this is to use the words: Beauty, Mystery, Wonder and God.

Where do I see such things in the world?
In People, in moments of Grace, in Churches.

This is my work:  showing God in the world.

Not through the surety found in catechism but through the interpretations you make yourself in looking at my photographs and words.
Questions - not answers.

Beauty

Mystery

Wonder

God