Laguna College of Art + Design

My experiences, memories, dreams, and ideas are externalized and made lyrical

through my oil paintings on canvas. I respond to motifs and subjects from art history, and this

body of work is especially informed by the Baroque period and artists including Artemisia

Gentileschi. I want to offer possibilities for rethinking and responding to representations of

women. I look to vanitas themes as well to develop a personal symbology and express my

experience during the Covid pandemic. Additionally, I use dark visual humor to explore

complex human situations where tragedy meets absurdity. I search for expressions of the

figures and provocative colors that will betray the narrative suggested in the picture.

Although my paintings cover a range of genres—portraits of women, vanitas still life, and

contemporary scenes of daily life—I seek to connect my paintings through tension and

mystery to confront the viewer. My subjects are often personal, but I seek to widen the lens

for interpretation and create space in my paintings for viewers to construct their own

narratives.