I use representational imagery rooted in mythology, legend, and observations of life to communicate powerful human emotions. People, both as archetypes and portraits, are my fundamental subject.

I work from both observation and my imagination using a variety of traditional and experimental drawing and painting techniques. The space in my pieces is depthless and often frontal. Rather than draw a viewer deep into the picture plane, I confront them with the subject frontally and intimately. Imagery from the past and the present are recombined into new metaphors about contradiction and unity.

My current project involves combining drawing and ink transfers on multiple layers of Mylar. The character of transparency of Mylar allows me to consider multiple layers of surfaces and mediums. The series merges materials perceived as feminine: lace, with forms associated with masculinity: armor. Armor is designed to shield the human body, and it suggests the body in absence. In this way, the series is figurative. Armor implies protection, war and ferocity. Armor, both for battle as well as ceremony, has often been decorated with beautiful metalworking designs of great craftsmanship, especially for the most powerful. This is another contradiction; between beauty of adornment and the blood of battle. Contrast and ambiguity create tension, evoking mystery through light and texture.