Statement

I create art to understand myself. It’s how I make sense of the contradictions I carry—joy and sorrow, nostalgia and estrangement, drugs and sobriety. My work is an ongoing dialogue with the parts of myself that resist easy explanation. I don’t seek resolution—just an awareness of what’s hidden beneath the surface.

My process mirrors this search. I build up layers of collage, paint over failed attempts, then cut back into the surface to expose what’s underneath. It’s destructive, intuitive, and revealing. Every layer holds a history of hesitation, risk, or change, and peeling it back becomes a way of confronting what I’ve tried to hide or forget. The physical act of layering and excavation becomes a metaphor for emotional excavation.

Recurring symbols—distorted faces, nostalgic objects, things half-concealed—anchor this process. A party hat, a flower, a broken smile: simple images that carry the weight of memory and contradiction. Each piece is a record of vulnerability, a snapshot of a moment I’m trying to understand or remember.

By sharing this work, I hope to create space for others to reflect on their own hidden stories—the pieces we bury, misremember, or leave unfinished. My work is less about answers and more about the beauty in the tension of not knowing.