My paintings are about the connection between people and nature in urban landscapes. In each piece, my likeness becomes a new character in a cryptic desert fairytale. I start with a feature of Phoenix, AZ that catches my eye: an impressive plant, mountain silhouette, or the city lights. Then, a vague self-portrait looks from afar, examines up close, or merges into the environment, expressing the feeling of being both an inhabitant and intruder.

Phoenix is my home now, but our urban lifestyle is at odds with the nature of the desert. The life that manages to grow through the cracks in this expanse of concrete is especially magical.