As commentary on the reality of American culture, my work is inspired by my observations and experiences in New York City and Los Angeles. Influenced by German Avant-Garde cinema, late 19th and 20th century literature, painting, photography, fashion, and European design, my images occur in a stark theatrical atmosphere and capture a sense of decadence, emptiness, anxiety, want and need. Through the interaction of abstract spaces and realistic figurative painting apparent in my work, there exists a collapse of distinction between reality and dream. conscious and unconscious, past and future, emptiness and excess.

The subject matter and style found within my work both tests and reiterates the resilience of figure painting. Figures, excessively dressed, gaze vacantly toward the viewer and away from an infinite isolation. While seeimingly wanting a more complete existence, their facial expressions portray an acceptance of their fate, never questioning the limitations of their world; they are as empty as the landscape that surrounds them. Several figures exist within a two-dimensional surface as a screen or backdrop onto which others can project their fantasies. A hologram of reality occurs as the image oscillates between the two-dimensional and three-dimensional realms.

These figures, women, project strength without purpose and a kind of power based sexuality. Combining vacancy and sexuality, my paintings are about individuals in relation to their surroundings and eventually to themselves. This breakdown creates an absurdly quiet yet resonant image. Confronted with empty decadence, the viewer is reminded of a certain sought after yet unattainable beauty.