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I graduated with a BFA from the University of Missouri, where
I learned how to classically paint and draw. After graduating I moved to New York City, then to Albuquerque, New Mexico,
and have finally adopted Los Angeles as my home. I am currently an M.F.A. candidate at Cal State Long Beach.
My paintings
convey a space where symbols have lost all connection to their origins. The arbitrary boundaries created by society are pulled
apart in order to reveal the absurd paradox that underlies the search for self. Guided by a ghastly light the figures that
are brought forth reduce themselves to pure physicality as they lose all sense of identity. The metaphysical nature of this
illumination seeks to fragment human physicality while shedding light onto internal and external mirror realities, partnered
by a looming world of antagonistic shadows.The human figure is constantly distorted, mutilated, and degraded, illustrating
the existential despair that is wrought of the inability to attain integrity amidst uncertainty. As the figures attempt to
converge with their external environment, a contradiction is unveiled and their inherent vulnerability is exposed. It is this
vulnerable space I seek to capture, wrought with cryptic symbols, where one is compelled to consummately confront the transitory
nature of existence.
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