STATEMENT OF WORK

My figurative work centers on layered materials, the rhythm of intervals, and balanced color. My artistic practice encompasses drawing, painting, and printmaking, utilizing various mediums such as watercolor, ink, colored pencils, graphite, spray paints, acrylic, paper, and canvas to create abstract figurative art. In my daily studio work, I engage with live models and my own photographs, continuously constructing and reworking compositions with layers of material in the pursuit of form, mass, and space.

Beneath this surface, I explore questions regarding the fluidity of the human form. Drawing inspiration from 21st-century male painters, my objective is to reconsider how male artists historically normalized their gaze when depicting the female nude. Collaborating with my models, we delve into the theatricality of the image, allowing for their own physicality and actively participating in my process of layering and erasing—a foundational aspect of my paintings.

My art seeks to depict the sincerity of the model's love and fluid sexuality, acknowledging the multiple layers of their personhood. In doing so, I aim to recontextualize traditional cisgender male structures of sexuality and gender. This exploration takes place within the dynamic relationships between me, a cisgender female painter, and several collaborating queer, non-binary, and polyamorous models.

Recently I created a unique artist book featuring paintings and drawings of my closely collaborating models and their partners and three poems from one model, gigi. These works employ vivid, fast lines that are layered, erased, and smudged, creating a stark contrast to the quiet, whisper-like writing. The text is presented on an iPhone in white font against a dark background, framed similarly to screenshots, complete with time, date, and other digital memory graphics.