Having lived and engaged in life around the world the artist has spent a number of years researching and studying subjects as diverse as civil rights movements, social, economic and cultural studies, theology/philosophy, classic literature, pop culture, music, and prose.

Ty’s work engages the discovery of the human condition and its existence through a fury of movements and texture. The work falls under his abstract-expressionist mentors from Cy Twombly, Antoni Tapies, Martha Jungwirth, Anselm Kiefer, Helen Frankenthaler, Joan Mitchell, Grace Hartigan, Robert Rauschenberg and others.

Each body of work revolves around a specific expression of one’s personal journeys and the tension that exists in those memories. By using a variety of layers, mediums, marks, texture, and deconstruction, the artist is able to share a story in the same way one’s life is lived—through memories and experiences, from youth to adulthood, at times using text to provide clues to content and interpretation.

Every piece has a specific message that speaks through the story of one’s life and the human condition, becoming intertwined between the two. The artist’s hope is that the work drives the viewer to an internal conversation of memory and meaning giving them clarity amongst the tension in contemporary life.