My practice focuses on the creation of an invented space that combines the real and imagined. Through drawings, paintings, and installation-based works I am building a world composed of invented settings, characters, and happenings. While this world is a fictional one it maintains connections to our physical world acting as a place where the past, present, future, and dreams converge. Formally work focuses on the relationship between realism and abstraction attempting to integrate these visual languages while allowing them to remain distinct. The figures within these spaces embody different roles, including that of transient, protector, destroyer, or remain ambiguous.
I draw upon mythology, folklore, theology, historical events, literature, and comic books for inspiration in my work. My most recent body of work is inspired by r
