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 portray 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 drawn to 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.