Artist Statement

In my work, I focus on creating spaces where small moments and stories are made significant.

I am a multidisciplinary artist, but I predominantly work in painting and photography. I am drawn to photography because of the immediacy of the medium. Such a small shift in the way I manipulate the light, whether from the environment or in my camera, can completely alter the visual perception of a moment. In this way, photography as a medium reflects the reality that the light in which a story or moment is presented deeply influences the perception of the viewer. 

Painting, by contrast, is more about the power of constructing something completely new in a deliberate way. I take a variety of elements like paint, glue, paper, ink, words, and photographs, and layer them with messy hands. This process reflects the complexity of my own experience, how I am made of many parts, and how I express those parts. 

I believe that art should be an immersive experience and I aim to create work that invites people to move into a space they may have never been before.

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