My goal is to extend visual boundaries to create wonderment through the exploration of materials, surfaces, and composition. I am currently exploring dressmaker pins and I have used them in an innovative way so that they are unrecognizable when first viewed. In this current body of work, I have created images which compositionally represent the dynamics of general and personal relationships.

I believe that most people wear an emotional 'mask' depending on the situation. It takes time to get to know someone beneath the 'mask'. Sometimes you never find out who someone truly is. My artwork is exactly that. I believe my viewer will see the dressmaker pins first which will instigate the beginning of a relationship with my work. The viewer will find a reflective surface and seek more information. I truly love when someone looks closely and is surprised and excited to discover the banal objects that I have used to create my work.

The idea beyond the composition is just as important. "Word Series" is based on the idea of writing. Letters are abstract images, but because we have seen them every day of our entire lives we categorize them without a second thought. We can not stop ourselves from connecting letters and creating words. What happens when an abstract image is simply that? This relates to the idea of understanding others in relationships. We each meet and gather information about others while categorizing their actions and reactions in our mind. We connect them with other experiences, make our assumptions and accept them. What happens when we don't accept them and question them? Each viewer will bring their own experiences and try to categorize these drawings. They are meant to be deciphered in such a way. I want my viewer to believe the drawing is actually a word or a signature; however, there is no signature there.

I am also currently working on a series of ladders based on my father's passing from a paralyzing disease, Lou Gehrig's. I watched my father become captive in his own body. My recent work expresses my personal emotions and feelings related to the disease, my father's emotions, and how my family reacted to this specific situation. Even though I wanted to move home to help, my parents insisted I continue working on my career as an artist. My ladders represent the idea of continuity. Each ladder has separate characteristics related to my experience

I will continue exploring the dressmaker pins as well as other materials in a visual and tactile way. I plan to work through my own thoughts and emotions related to my fathers passing as well as other issues occurring after his death.