More than to a single narrative or formalistic element, I depend on emotion to convey the substantive content of my painting. Every moment we live is layered with material, both transient and eternal, that manipulates our emotional state. Florescent lighting, walls the color of twilight, inanimate objects suddenly animated by our own anxiety. All of these elements are diffused through the lens of our own sentiment, providing each person a unique vision of the world. To be able to share that perspective in its original visual form as opposed to translating it to music or words is to come closest to its essence. By painting this sentiment, I strive to better understand emotion through interpreting what I’ve created and expressed.

The subjects of my work continue to show my deepest emotions: fear, loneliness, grief. All these I refuse to display on my surface, I show through pen and paint.

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