Artist Statement

My work engages with the cultural climate of fear and anxiety while challenging stigmas around mental health. Referencing historical depictions of demonic and deified entities often used in religious imagery, my paintings reimagine psychological vulnerability amid ongoing contemporary crises. Bordering between realism and nightmarish, my paintings are esoteric, confrontational and resistant, with reoccurring motifs like butchered flesh, snarling teeth, horns, halos, and rubber masks. The enamel surface is saturated with color, creating a fleshy trompe l'oeil sense of presence.