As a New York-based artist, I use imagery that is loosely based on the industrial landscape that surrounds me. My creative process is rooted in the recognizable world but expressed by abstract shapes and vibrant colors. Painting began for me as a way to improvise and organize what was in my mind. Seeing my inner dialogue reflected on paper heightened my self-awareness and I wanted to share this experience with others.

One especially transformative moment as an artist came when I was 10 years old— my brother showed me a black book filled with drawings by New York City graffiti artists. Their use of line, form, and color details resonated with me and still remain as part of my process.

By combining these elements, I seek to create an experience or a state of mind for the viewer that inspires a change in perception or a focused consciousness. On a technical basis I am constantly fine tuning and exploring what shapes, colors, and scale best allow for this type of experience—the shapes in my work are individual pieces of a puzzle, laid out for the viewer’s imagination to create and assemble an experience that is unique and personal. Human anatomy, car parts, faces, teacups, architecture, and letters are all objects that viewers have described seeing in some of my pieces but there is no right or wrong answer; as an artist I enjoy the process and helping start inner and outer dialogue.