I have chosen to use the emotive aspects of the figure as the central component of my work. I present the figure at a vulnerable moment, in a compromising and often uncomfortable position. In life, people turn away from these awkward moments. My work forces the viewer to reconcile with the uneasiness and vulnerability of human experience. Through my prints and paintings I examine the fragility and ephemeral qualities of the human body.
I am interested in the aspects of personal experience that become known through
unrequited questions; those that accompany the monotonous pursuit of trying to understand oneself and the choices that are made along the way. It is through introspection that I explore my own responses to memory, dreams, moments of transition and my own sense of self. A sense of the close-guarded side of human nature in opposition to openness is conveyed in my work as an invitation to the viewer to see a part of myself. This is offered as a catalyst for the viewer to draw upon individual memories and feelings so that the personal may become universal.