Painting
Interested in connecting to people through animal symbolism and the relation of people living now and in the near or far future, I focus on depicting different facets of lights and a number of symbolic markings. With the pieces I am currently work on, I'm moving towards incorporating humanistic figures, both skeletal and living, to communicate directly towards the viewer and emphasize themes of joy, suffering, and the connection of death.
Special Treatment
Oil on Canvas - 16" x 20" - 2025
With the subject taking up much of the foreground and the obscurity of the background, much its situation is hidden from the viewer except its intensity. Special Treatment depicts my experience dealing with hardships caused by systems I have no say in especially in consideration of how small town communities see the protection of particular rights as overreach into their lives.
Communion of a Single Soul
Oil on Canvas - 18" x 24" - 2024
Inspired by my habit of recording video journals throughout my life, Communion of a Single Soul depicts animals representative of myself at different stages of my development. As people get older and change, whether intentionally or not, slivers of our former selves always peak through the surface of who we've come to be. With each reprise of our being, the wounds that formed us rarely can be hidden.
Holy Omens of the Past
Oil on Canvas - 30" x 24" - 2024
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As time tramples on, messengers of the past always appear to honor it. in Holy Omens of the Past I wanted to focus on taking a scene seen as gruesome or disturbing and highlight the ritualistic or holy aspects of such a scene, as well as the divine nature of scavenger animals.
Untitled Still-Life
Oil on Canvas - 18" x 24" - 2024
Motivated by the opportunity to paint a real human skull from the late 19th century, this still-life pushed me to utilize my most vibrant palette as well as multiple layers of paint to ensure a sense of depth and space between each object.
Cyrus the Great
Oil on Cardboard - 3" x 6" - 2025
Wanting to loosen my brush work, Cyrus the Great is my smallest piece to date, having a restricted color palette and choppy textured brush strokes. As I work towards communicating my themes more directly to the viewer I used this piece as a stepping stone with Cyrus' direct glare.
