Artist Statement

My work stems from a perpetual need to understand my life backwards as it so rapidly marches forward. To decontextuazise the mind, body, and identity within their own lived experiences. Scattering their memories across nostalgic Midwest landscapes.
Playfully throwing mediums and objects together at whim. My work is a tactile catalogue of a life lived. Only when brush is pushed to paint do I slow, steeping myself in the experience of what I’m trying to pin down. How excitement sits at the fingertips or anxiety at the base of the spine. Listening for the memory, the piece of me that rings loudest. It's obsessive but necessary. 
I find not only nostalgia but a great comfort in the Midwest landscape. In its prairies, its farmlands, and clouded sky. To know that while I may draw back the clock on myself, the land grows ever forward. Reflecting on our relationship between body and land, growth and decay. I’ll consistently use the same landscape within my work as a point to show what the inner world is and what is real. I ingrain my whole self into the work to understand what is real, what is lived, so that one day I can turn to look at the present.