Isn’t life lovely when you look at it, just right, or crooked, or without your eyes at all?

My art is what’s going on in and outside of my head. How I see the world and what I’m doing in it. My images are about emotions, moments, relationships, past and current states of existence, denial and delusion, dreams and believing. I look at the small moments, and expressions in people that are universal, but tell a story distinctly their own.

I fell in love with the immediacy and unique visual depth of one-of-a-kind oil monotypes in university. They provided a freeness and uncertainty that balanced the precision of studying graphic design. There is a serendipity to the process, the moment when I have to turn over control to the press, and let the universe finish what I’ve created.

Through figurative abstract expressionism, I utilize vibrant colors and subjects that range from austere and contemplative to whimsical and curious. My tall, slender figures represent an individual’s place in their existence — like a single line on a vast space. I try to capture moments and gestures that live beyond the edge of the paper, letting the viewer find their own story in how I’ve interpreted the world.