This currently ongoing body of work delivers a surreal fusion of nostalgia and innovation, by intermingling invented spaces and characters with displaced references culled from vintage comics and 1930's - 1960's animation. These recontextualized references are often insignificant, and sometimes even unseen (like the interstitial frames in a hand-drawn animation). I use these curated clippings as creative springboards to elevate the overlooked by illustrating ineffable, elusive emotions. This work seeks to unravel a personally intricate entanglement of human sentiment, while offering a curious, introspective glimpse into the ambiguous, often contradictory, aspects of the human experience.

This body of work, created after finishing my undergraduate degree, delivers dreamlike worlds with deceptively seductive colors and forms. In these works, complex anxieties, fears, and ambiguous sensations are personified into a cast of endearingly gloomy characters and animated objects. Stylistically informed by the whimsical logic of the golden age of cartooning, these works provide an immediate sense of familiarity and nostalgia, while abstracting the familiar and providing new, unexpected context. My painting process in these works is a fluid exchange between impulsive childlike interruptions and subsequent responses. Areas composed of acrylic paint and drawing materials are continuously built up then promptly broken down, resulting in playful coexistence of indecisive marks and tight, resolved elements. This body of work embraces a childlike innocence and aims to provide an accessible entryway into the human psyche through the lens of a feverish childhood dream. 

A collection of recent colored pencil and graphite drawings, that are an extension of the themes explored in my paintings.

A collection of prints created from a variety of printmaking processes, including linocut, lithography, screen printing, and mono print.