I am drawn to the vocabulary of transformation. The rubble and raw material, scaffolding and tarps presuppose a need for change and the hope that change is possible. These forms admit to being alterable, vulnerable, and incomplete. We all wrestle with our own histories and potentials. Materially and metaphorically, humans are in constant negotiations: What will go, what will remain, and who will we become?

 I work in transfiguration, the art of becoming and of being undone. Bodies, objects, and histories: consumed, discarded, then reconstituted as something palatable, softer, and clean. My practice metabolizes labor, leisure, and capital—not as subject matter, but rather as raw material, as process and evidence. Painting, performance, video, and sculpture—these are just delivery systems; the real work happens in the residue.

 As a visual artist, I focus on creating hyper-realistic images in a surrealistic style, exploring the complex relationships between humanity, emotion, and rationality. My work reveals the coexistence of rational thought and emotional experience, provoking deep contemplation through visual storytelling. I believe art is both a tool for self-expression and a reflection of social phenomena.

 My work explores the quiet tension between nature and human presence, while capturing fleeting moments of light and atmosphere. Through a realist approach, I focus on figures and landscapes that evoke, for me, a sense of place. Inspired by the virtuosity, symbolism, and narrativity of Dutch Baroque paintings, I blend precise observation with loose brushwork to create images that feel both contemporary and timeless.

 Through the lens of my family and close friends and our trials and triumphs, my work reflects on how America’s racialized past continues to affect people of color today. By depicting myself and my loved ones in our everyday spaces, such as our homes and neighborhoods, I explore how the effects of larger social systems reflect themselves within our personal lives.

 My practice is grounded in oil painting and my work exists within the amal-gamation of figuration and expressionism, exploring the nuances of memory, nature, and technology as they relate to the human body. While they weave a personal narrative, my paintings generally speak to a mode of preservation through different styles of rendering, using mark making as a way to commun-icate memory and denote the passage of time.

 My paintings incorporate elements of personal narrative, fantasy, and history to explore themes of belonging, connection, intuition, and ritual. They reflect the many ways we engage with this world. Questioning the universe we’ve built, I examine the sensations of being alive in a society that is increasingly digitized, overstimulating, and terse.