I am interested in perception, impermanence, and the cycle of damage and repair. I make mixed media paintings using my photographs and found images. Paint and paper are overlaid and reworked, interacting as they appear and disappear. Imperfect, layered surfaces indicate time shifts and possible points of view where things occur over time, all at once. My color palette is derived from nature and the body, and indicative of decomposition. I work with images and stories about vulnerability, with figures and landscapes that are filled with conflict and frailty, and look at the unsettling imagery of natural decay to find restorative connections to subjects that are fragile or under threat.