Artwork

Artist’s Statement My methods have included forays into drawing, painting, murals, and cold-forged metalwork, and in 2015, I started making portraits on wood panel, using the grain to illustrate individuality and represent spirit. Through my portraits I examine what it means to be Black and queer. I find inspiration in natural materials, allowing the patterns …

Artist’s Statement My work explores a personal landscape where nature is inseparable from consciousness and the ephemeral state of the body. Settings vary from microcosm to macrocosm, but my style is inspired by the transitory—ocean waves, the cycle of life in the garden, and the breath. There are metaphors of loss, connection, strength, and vulnerability …

Artist’s Statement I am interested in how our unconscious manifests in waking life. I am currently developing a body of work that explores the figures and places encountered in my dreams, to give them a visual presence. I work from observation, often recreating elements of my dreams through set building in my studio. I also …

Artist’s Statement I used to travel constantly or at least as much as I could afford. I slept in my car, on couches, and in cheap motels. Sometimes I didn’t sleep at all. I liked being awake when the world slept. Thirty-minute exposures in the middle of the night. These photographs aren’t that, though. It’s …

Artist’s Statement and Interview My paintings are generally small, meticulous, and involve sustained observation of an otherwise ignored or quickly consumed image. Why/how did dumpsters and file cabinets specifically become focuses of your work (as those otherwise ignored objects)?In 2016/7, I noticed that file cabinets were accumulating in local thrift stores, and I spotted them …