Updated: April 22, 2025

My paintings are becoming more like visions than observations - glimpses that surface during periods of reflection and deep stillness. These images often arrive unexpectedly, with a quiet pull I’m slowly learning to follow. I don’t always understand them at first, but meaning tends to reveal itself through the act of painting. The subjects remain rooted in the world around me - domestic interiors, gardens, quiet figures, household objects, and native flora and fauna often appear, bringing my personal experience to life in familiar yet uncanny ways.

Though the final works are rendered in oil, they usually begin as loose sketches in water media. These early studies allow the imagery to develop gradually, evolving through many iterations before becoming fully realized. I’m drawn to the slow, deliberate pace of painting, where each layer and revision allows the image to shift and grow, reflecting the subtle changes in my inner world over time. My process is rooted in classical tradition. I look to early Renaissance painting, classical sculpture, Victorian decorative arts, Surrealism, and the symbolic language of allegorical and narrative art through history.

Each painting is a threshold, a space to step into. My hope is that viewers feel the same quiet pull that led me to create the work, and in it, recognize something of their own story.