Artist Statement

As an artist, I am in constant examination of life.  I study the ephemeral act of living to create thematic series that are an analysis of circumstance that is not limited by medium, surface or dimensionality.  Whether I am painting on canvas or windows, flags or blankets, sketches or sculptural objects, meaning, material and medium are intrinsically linked – symbolism is key.  In creating the language of my works, I often use found objects that serve as markers and symbols, which are then layered to tell a story.

Within my art, I am seeking to examine both the manipulation of the picture plane, but also contemplating spheres of existence and the multi-verse. Whether decoupaging a window frame with connected imagery, carving into wood to give dimension to landscape, or placing ghostly screened figures on canvases, I am seeking to place a form on our complex realities.  Informed by my own life, I strive to create a semblance of order; but as in life, often it becomes obsessively layered to an almost compulsive extent.