I make paintings and non-traditional photographs that explore perception, looking for things I have never seen before. I am drawn to processes that make visible evidence of chance, uncertainty, and discovery.

 

In my paintings, I use sourced images that include natural and human-generated disasters and predatory animals feeding on prey to explore the perception of power systems that occur in both nature and culture. I am interested in visceral imagery and fleshy color palette. I cut and embed images in sweeping layers of paint that through revision reveal multiple perspectives. Through mutually dependent systems of damage and repair, erasure and recovery, I want to show the dynamics of power relationships and vulnerability. Sometimes we cheer for the predator, sometimes the prey.