Artist’s Statement

My passions have always remained the same! I work the New York Times crossword puzzle everyday because I find nuance very satisfying and I like structure. I enjoy reading as a way to explore and celebrate human complexity, and I appreciate other cultures and languages for the same reasons. I am interested in that which all of us share, and in celebrating that which separates us and make us each unique.

My art is an extension of these passions. It allows me to explore visual nuance and look beyond the surface, to consider life as a history of our personal observations and experiences. In my work, repetition creates the structure that carries the eye through the composition and acts as a marker to help us find our way back and forth between certain experiences. This repetition creates pattern, introducing balance and harmony while adding complexity, and allows for an element of chaos to be introduced, creating a dialogue between the order and disorder that are always present.

My work is an excavation of all the layers which make up who I am. Each of my pieces is a story told in my own fashion, and as I work on them, I am always curious to see what chance will reveal.