Artist Statement
I am a painter and sculptor who constructs knowledge by engaging in deep, meaningful dialogue with process and material.
My work is situated in visual and material culture, exploring themes of surrealism, memento mori, and tattoo iconography.
I believe in building a relationship with my own joy through art making so that I may embody it, and facilitate it in others.
Art making is about process, and what discoveries emerge from letting go of preconceptions.
As an educator, my intentions are to introduce others to these processes, and allow knowledge to be built through experimentation.
I am a scavenger, collector and curator.
My process begins with material culture and the influences that objects have on us.
In so many ways, my collections inform my making practice, and discoveries about who I am, what I love, and preoccupations I hold,
begin to emerge and often influence narratives and themes within my work.
By juxtaposing tangible, vintage objects with surreal painting motifs, the line between reality and the imagined becomes blurred.
Using the associations we have with objects, I tap into a collective consciousness within visual culture and drive narrative in different ways.
The dimensionality of this work creates a push and pull of the viewer’s senses, forcing them to question their own perception.
The trompe l’oeil effect engages the viewer’s curiosity and subsequent questions about the nature of reality begin to arise.
I am a painter and sculptor who constructs knowledge by engaging in deep, meaningful dialogue with process and material.
My work is situated in visual and material culture, exploring themes of surrealism, memento mori, and tattoo iconography.
I believe in building a relationship with my own joy through art making so that I may embody it, and facilitate it in others.
Art making is about process, and what discoveries emerge from letting go of preconceptions.
As an educator, my intentions are to introduce others to these processes, and allow knowledge to be built through experimentation.
I am a scavenger, collector and curator.
My process begins with material culture and the influences that objects have on us.
In so many ways, my collections inform my making practice, and discoveries about who I am, what I love, and preoccupations I hold,
begin to emerge and often influence narratives and themes within my work.
By juxtaposing tangible, vintage objects with surreal painting motifs, the line between reality and the imagined becomes blurred.
Using the associations we have with objects, I tap into a collective consciousness within visual culture and drive narrative in different ways.
The dimensionality of this work creates a push and pull of the viewer’s senses, forcing them to question their own perception.
The trompe l’oeil effect engages the viewer’s curiosity and subsequent questions about the nature of reality begin to arise.