The core of my work is rooted in the concept of self-portraiture. I paint for documentation; capturing not just the world around me, but also within me. My paintings are motivated by what it is like to be a specific gender and a specific age in contemporary culture, juxtaposed with experiences from the past.

I think of my paintings as short stories, mini-narratives influenced by my intimate experiences with friends, family, and lovers. I am interested in executing paintings that sincerely embrace glamour and how beauty can be used to camouflage feelings of isolation, addiction and fear. I am interested in how sex, desire and intimacy can be misleading and destructive. Whether my images evoke a narrative, explore a relationship dynamic or focus on a solitary girl, I try to generate a sense of neglect.

I strive to create a world in which the viewer is invited to question the continuing struggle of women to be taken seriously. Simply stated, each of my paintings is an opportunity to better understand myself through my past, present and future experiences and relationships.