Artist Statement


A fascination with how we construct the reality around us, the power of signs and symbols, social politics, and our relationship with the natural world are all things that have been at the heart of my artistic practice since a very early age.

My current work depicts various environments from the American landscape which have their own specific set of signifiers (and baggage) that I desire to play off of in the work. To support my intentions, I create a magical space for these deadpan subjects using color, scale and detail to entice the viewer into looking and spending time in these locales. They are places in stark contrast to the mediated images we are bombarded with every day on television and in print which construct a false reality of an affluence and prosperity that we should strive to emulate. Ultimately, the intent of the work is to make the viewer more sensitive in a small way to the social realities that exist around them, even though they represent something most Americans would rather ignore.