My work is rooted in introspection. Through it I examine my own mental and emotional states as I encounter the world. By keeping myself as the primary audience for my work, it will remain a true and honest expression of my questioning. I believe that the beauty and profoundness of life lies in the exploration, not in the destination. I am often reflecting on topics of grief, identity, judgement, influence and connection. However, my pieces are not regretful. They are meant to be a celebration of autonomy and of claiming authorship and agency over one’s own life story.

A major component of my current work is a focus on material exploration. It is about finding materials and ways to manipulate them that can create context and join the conversation that the piece is having. This is probably because I enjoy working intuitively. I may begin with a plan, but I always leave room for elements of improvisation and respond to how the materials “speak” to me. Working this way is a metaphor for life where each choice we make and its outcome determines the next step we take.

More and more, I am learning that my purpose as an artist and as a human is to seek the unknowable, in spite of (or perhaps because of) the awareness that I will never find answers. There will always be un-answerable questions and therefore, an endless supply of areas of meaningful exploration.