Blurring the line between painting and sculpture, my work comes from my need for answers. How can I make a painting that is externally dimensional so the viewer has to be mindful of their body in space while viewing it? How can I express my experiences of life in a way that is subtle, but meaningful? How can I redefine and challenge what a painting is and can be? How can I make work that perpetually holds its own presence and energy? 

 

I do not always find the answers to these questions, however through abstract forms made up of small and large gestures my work holds the space for the answers to be found. Using found and recycled materials and objects alongside new and handmade items my work creates a conversation between the viewer and the piece as well as each different element used in the work. By using found materials I can give new life to an item that could otherwise be seen as trash while keeping sustainability at the forefront of my artmaking practice.

 

Steeped in intuition, my process is a consistent call and response between me and the material and between the material and itself. Each piece is made through a series of up-close and introspective decisions shown in small, subtle, and or soft mark-making followed by loud expressive gestures that require my entire body to make. From start to finish, my work is physical; it exists as an extension of my body, a piece of my past, and a vessel for answered and unanswered questions.