The greatest adventures and the most astounding moments lie within nature. My paintings are an interpretation of these moments. It is my belief that all living things have a soul. These souls run parallel, and at moments collide and interconnect. This visceral experience of connecting is what I draw inspiration from and is rooted in the places we inhabit. In an attempt to capture these places I endlessly collect material, searching for the remnants of having existed in a single place at a single moment.

My intent is to draw the consciousness of the viewer to the figure's relationship with their environment. This is done by intertwining the figure and nature to where the form of one is lost in connection with the form of the other. In turn displacing the boundaries we create between nature and ourselves. The viewer is invited to vicariously experience the transference of energy between souls; an adventure of our senses in communication with nature as a pulsing organism instead of a nonentity.

Working with found objects and organic materials, my intention is to weave a dialogue of media into a single message. By using mixed media, not only the image, but also its tactile quality evokes a tangibility for the viewer, empowering sensory memory. By manipulating the materials to mimic the parts of the whole, the materials work concurrently with their own objectivity and that of the image to create an exchange.

I paint the figure's relationship with nature to transform responsibilities into a tangible experience, reminding the viewer of the relationship we are in with nature, what we are a part of, and answerable to.