artist statement

I make images that highlight and scrutinize moments of intense emotion, and the struggle to control them.  Shapes come into being as if on their own, becoming a pictorial representation of human impulse. Some forms reference character-based languages, in which variations of mark making alter meaning significantly.   Those rendered on flat backgrounds suggest living minutiae in the process of mutating, magnified for observation. These “bodies” are bound by the picture plane, like cells on a slide, threatening to slip off the edge of their world. High-contrast colors act as signifiers of this drama, making each piece somewhat difficult to confront.