Art, for me, is the answer to a persistent and urgent desire for understanding. Painting lets me express the things that resist description, and feels like the truest way to capture what I think and feel.

My paintings are unplanned. I follow my intuition, putting down what feels right, layer on top of layer, allowing them to evolve into what feels like their natural conclusion.

Once a painting is complete, I investigate the way it makes me feel, and what it brings up for me. When I can, I interpret the work into the stories you’ll sometimes see beside some of the paintings. It’s a bit like combining dream interpretation with reading tea leaves.

I see these works as portraits of my subconscious, and their process is a bit the way an oyster makes a pearl. Something so small you can barely see it gets covered layer upon layer until it becomes something else entirely.

The thing I care most about is getting my work in front of real people, those who want to live with art, not just view it in a gallery. I believe art is meant to be shared, to live in homes, and to invite reflection. If something in my work resonates with you, I hope you’ll reach out.