I am interested in portraying the human figure within a dynamic of concurring emotions, identities, and psychosocial relationships. I investigate my own background while evoking themes of gender, fairy tale, family, and personal growth. Compositions reveal characters engaged in an ambiguous narrative, each figure made specific in details such as facial expression, body language, and dress. For many of these characters, I use myself as my model, employing my female identity in the conceptual content of my work.

 

I execute this work in modes of both drawing and painting, in ink on drafting film. The combination of the indelible, spontaneous behavior of ink over the misty, translucent surface of the film enhances the haunting, and sometimes playful, aspects of my subject matter. White space often has its own role in my compositions, leaving figures and their surroundings to be weighty and ominous. The figures' empty atmosphere presents them as if they exist in a void or blank space in the mind, making them all the more dream-like and surreal.

My most recent work indicates a shift from the female-dominated, as my imagery has become more invested in my immediate context and personal background. This shift evidences a profound reconnection with my familial origins and the farming culture that defined my childhood.