Nothing is ever just one thing. I like exploring the absurd complexity of being human through scenes that feel both familiar and unknowable
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I endeavor to create paintings that immediately pull the viewer in on an intuitive level, as something visually undeniable. From there, the work invites a deeper response, triggering curiosity about why it lands the way it does. I’m interested in the overlap between instinct and analysis, where a painting holds attention before it’s fully understood, while suggesting there is something there to be understood.
Where do you find inspiration?I’m inspired by the contradictions in human behavior, how we rationalize, perform, and design meaning. There’s a strange gap between what we believe, what we do, and what can be experienced as a shared reality. I’m interested in that tension. My work pulls from everyday situations, reframed and amplified to expose the underlying absurdity, ambiguity, and quiet logic behind how we navigate reality.
What would you do with $25,000?I would invest in expanding my studio and materials to support larger, more ambitious work. The goal is scale, both physically and conceptually, so I can push ideas further and create impactful work across different scales, with more resources to inform each concept and series.
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