Artist Statement

I aim to capture personal stories through my intricate, photorealistic paintings. I create dreamscapes that have been described as romantic and fantastical because art, to me, is an escape and a hope for a better world. 

Much of my work examines my inner life through themes of validation, perfectionism, forgiveness, beauty, and pain. The paintings are often confessional and vulnerable. I seek to capture the attachments and fractures of human relationships, inspired by the psychological history of my own upbringing. 

I’m drawn to long proportions, for this elongated shape lends itself to storytelling. In a way, each piece I produce is a self-portrait, exploring the emotional facets of my lived experience and the progressions of my relationship with family, self, and others. My north star is to create cathartic work through which I may offer solace to those who identify with the turmoil, naiveté, and love that I depict on a canvas.