Statement
Exploring themes of identity, memory, family and place, my work is about the expression of emotion and the emotional resonance of particular experiences. In an attempt to capture the fleeting nature of emotion, I often work quickly and spontaneously and my work is meant to appear as an immediate and honest reaction to an idea or an occurrence. Because reticence and reverence are not indivisible, I work in a variety of mediums, employing that which I feel can best convey what I am trying to express. I believe in art that not only inspires viewers to think, but also to feel, because, in my own experience as a viewer, those works that engender emotional responses are the works that remain with me and continue to shape and color my life.