Artist Statement

My work overall is a form of inner self portraiture. In my pieces there is a deep desire to be known, and to communicate a raw feeling, existence, or condition, that lacks an intrinsic language.

Most recently, I am most interested in aiming to communicate a raw feeling or state of being through the use of ambiguity. I use a culmination of real life references to influence the forms in my works, so that the viewer feels an undefined recognition that isn't explicit. I am interested in trying to illustrate a feeling that is very personal to me, and that I have always sensed huddled within my chest; best described as twinges of compression and stretching within a larger quiet, or floating landscape. I view these recent pieces as a true form of self representation that I want viewers to recognize, and relate to within their own body.