Artist Statement
To create my narrative scenes, I draw from photo references, life observation and imaginary landscapes, adding transparent figures to vacant environments and layering sequential images to express movement. When the painting process begins, I stay true to realistic light, shadow, and proportion but allow thick brushwork, saturated color, and drippy glazes to reign. The outcome is often more expressionistic than realistic: I incorporate gold leaf or collage and leave traces of underlying drawings. After hours spent painting individual hairs or patterns on fabric, my hand reaches for the looseness of the palette knife. At times, I dissect scenes with thin horizontal edges, a subtle nod to the scene’s photographic origins. Each piece evokes an elusive narrative—a compilation of dreams and memories. Fragmented bodies and blurred drags of wet paint represent both movement and a surreal psychological world in which anything is possible—a girl with two heads and four arms, a giant woman juxtaposed against a miniature city, or a face transparent to its inner thoughts.
Artist Background
Brandeis University
Bachelor of Arts, 2012
University of Washington
Master of Fine Arts, 2019