STATEMENT

I examine life as a stream of encounters with the physical world, which evoke feelings of anxiety, disgust, affection, and desire within me. I use my artwork to interpret my own surrounding objects, whether working from still life, quick snapshots, or old family photographs. The way we take care of our personal objects in our everyday lives, provides a projective for how we interact with the outside world. When I paint, draw, or sculpt an image, I am capturing the subject at that certain point in time, paying particular attention to the expansiveness within the still, yet fleeting moment.

Through exploring my own intimate surroundings, I am aware of others’ personal objects and routines. We all wake up in the morning, put on our clothes, brush our teeth, eat our food, clean up after ourselves, and go out our front doors. I find the ultimate satisfaction in capturing glimpses of these routines through a painterly and material perspective. These glimpses are profoundly important to me because they are diminished in our fast-paced lifestyles. Examining them helps me to slow down and face my internal struggles with materiality, often resulting in discoveries of beauty, humor, and nostalgia. I am interested in the paradox of how expressing what is deeply personal, is what ultimately helps us connect with others.