Artist Statement

I work in printmaking, painting, and drawing, but printmaking is where everything clicked for me. I love the carving process. Once you cut into the block, you can’t undo it, and that forces you to commit. The process makes you slow down and pay attention. What you remove matters just as much as what you leave.

My connection to carving goes back to jewelry and metalwork, which I studied before my BFA. The precision, the implied line, removing material to create form. It all carries over. Printmaking just fits how I work.

Painting gives me more flexibility. You can layer, adjust, keep going. But I bring the same mindset to it. I like strong line, high contrast, graphic clarity. I like heavy black. I want the work to be direct without telling you how to feel.

My imagery draws from symbols, patterns, astrology, and nature. I pull from any tradition that has wisdom about being a good person. The source doesn’t matter to me. What matters is the message. I use natural forms to talk about simplicity and balance. It all comes back to the same questions: how do we reflect, how do we grow, how do we treat each other.

My practice is about becoming the best version of yourself and not losing touch with that version. Making art is how I process ideas and experiences and turn them into something shared. People have been doing this since cave paintings. We still need it. That’s what I care about, and that’s what the work is for.

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