ARTIST STATEMENT
For many years, my paintings have focused on the human figure. Increasingly, political and social content enters the work, allowing me to listen, learn, and express concerns and possible solutions.
Working with painting, collage, printmaking, and drawing, I build surfaces layer by layer — adding and subtracting, constructing spaces that are simultaneously real and unreal. Text, the human figure, and elements of nature interrupt and inform each other, shifting our understanding of what we see.
My work investigates the assumptions and cultural systems we build, including the language we use to sustain them. Both the figurative and text-based paintings invite viewers to pause, look, and listen with empathy, curiosity, and a broadened perspective.
Childhood Escape
2017 & 2020
Oil on canvas
36 x 24"