Artist Statement

I found art in a time when I felt like I was drowning. Similarly to when someone from Naked and Afraid finds styrofoam and uses it as a floatation device to seek refuge, my styrofoam was and continues to be art.

My process is simple – surrendering. Surrendering to the uncontrollable and allowing the subconscious mind to take over. In doing so, the process serves as an escape. Keeping one side of my mind occupied while allowing the other to get lost in buried emotion—grief serving as the catalyst.

Relying heavily on the use of water for an unconventional technique, my work is minimal yet complex in its execution.

Propelled by emotion, each piece reflects an inner dialogue which mirrors that of my own during the time of its creation. My goal as an artist is to take what’s buried within—and often too heavy to confront—and make it into something quite the opposite and less daunting to look at.