Oil Painting
Art has always been my way of navigating the complexities of big emotions, a tool to transform the intangible into a window through which I can connect with the deep emotions of others. My work exists in the charged space where fear meets imagination—a place of both tension and potential. Through my practice, I explore what it means to find comfort and awe in a world that can often feel overwhelming, striving to embrace wonder rather than be consumed by dread.
Dating in Midlife, oil, 24x36- Currently on display at Nanny Goat Gallery. I really never thought I'd get divorced, but I suppose none of us do.
Endless County Roads - 30x40, 2024, oil on panel As a child, I spent long stretches of time with my parents, driving the county roads. In my memory, the discomfort and boredom I felt during these drives feels very wrapped up in my fear of growing up, and of even going home.
The Burdens, 11x14, oil. I often think about the hidden forces and sacrifices that everyone has to make in order to keep everything running. This painting will be available for sale through WOWxWOW gallery in July 2025.
Ragnarok -10.75x13.75, water based oil and pencil If you think about it, anything could be hiding behind the dense brush.
The Midgard Drive-In - oil, 18x24 We can all watch, but it doesn't seem like we can do anything at all.
A Long Marriage, 18x24, 2024 - SOLD
Slow Migration - 18x24, oil I moved to the Bay Area in 2007 and never thought I'd have been here this long. I can't leave now, and i constantly think about my home country and how the feeling of it is so fundamentally different from living here. Like you can't ever count on the ground to be there tomorrow.
RA neon pigeons, 8x10, water-based oil and pencil - SOLD
Nostalgia plays a pivotal role in this exploration. For me, the past is both a refuge and a source of sorrow. I am always aware of mortality. I frequently use extreme scale disparities, time disparities, and nature/industrial juxtaposition as metaphor.
I work primarily in oil, using a combination of traditional and non-traditional techniques. I sometimes use water-based oil, colored pencil, and oil pastel.