Horror vs. Comedy, Natural vs. Artificial, Eroticism vs. Grotesqueness: extreme contradictions are what drive my infatuations. I am inspired by the uncomfortable and the unknown, making work that I can relate to does not interest me. I enjoy dissecting the dramatic and nonsensical. I translate the turbulence of human existence into something visible, physical, and that can live suspended outside the body.

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I primarily work with oil paint on canvas, as its flexibility allows for me to push the tension between realism and impossibility with dramatized figures, rich colors, harsh lighting and contorted poses. To create these scenes I take staged reference photos of myself and draw them into complex positions directly on the canvas. This method allows me to see the real tension and limits of the human body so that I can more purposefully choose what to exaggerate. I try to balance how much is taken from reference and how much is my intuition by moving fluidly through subconscious imagination to shape the final image. This balance between control and intuition is essential. 

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Through painting, I explore what happens when the boundaries of the body begin to break down, as the intangible emotions, memories, and imagination reshape its structure. I encapsulate the tension between what we appear to be and what we feel ourselves becoming. The figures I create are not meant to provide answers about the body or the mind. Instead, they open a space where we can encounter the strange, uncomfortable, and deeply human experience of existing within both.