Artist
Statement

I use magic realism to explore narratives involving our relationship to nature, cities and ourselves. How do we and nature fit in or not fit into our social constructs and cities?

In my work, nature acts as the soul or life force that is pushed away but always returns. There is a tension that results from nature encroaching on people and people encroaching on nature. The compositions don’t adhere to a consistent sense of time or place; they are psychological scenes that evolve intuitively and playfully.

Stories are told with symbols and archetypes, with everyday scenarios clouded with layers of subjective interpretation. Many of my paintings are set at night, a mysterious time when nature can emerge from hiding.

My abstract paintings approach these concerns less narratively. They focus on the formal and aesthetic elements of a setting: structure, color, pattern, scale, and the shifting relationship between built space and the natural world.