In my creative practice, I consider the performance of gender, projection, and what it means to have an identity and be perceived. My work explores a desire to understand family systems and investigate relational dynamics.

In the way that a child learns about life through boundaries of where they themselves end and others begin, I think artists, too, seek to learn through this process—exploring inner worlds by trying to learn about the inner worlds of others. In my work, I stand in as a model of my life, acknowledging that my experiences likely are more universal than unique. Because of this, my work is simultaneously personal and collectively driven. I am inspired by mythology and the tradition of storytelling, and investigating how the unconscious permeates the familiar.

In between the beginning and the end of a project, I am often led to places I couldn’t have imagined going, because the process was what was needed to open visual doorways. These thematic pivots are inspired by following curiosity and the threads of imagination.

There is magic that happens as a story unfolds before me.