I make mixed media paintings using oil and acrylic paint layered with photographs and found images. I splice together paint and paper to build images where cut edges are juxtaposed with fluid marks. Built-up, imperfect surfaces indicate time shifts and possible points of view where events occur over time, all at once. My color palette is derived from nature and the body, indicative of decomposition, and emphasizing materiality. I work with images and stories about vulnerability and conflict, with figures and landscapes that are inherently filled with tension and frailty. I am guided by an interest in visceral sensation and the underlying content of psychological subjects, including damage and repair. I look at the unsettling imagery of natural decay and impermanance to find insight and restorative connections into complex subjects that are fragile or under threat.