Statement

My paintings explore human connection in an age of increasing disconnection. As we mistake screen time for relationship, I paint moments of tangible presence—people in conversation, a still life of just used tools, animals moving freely through nature. Having spent my childhood more comfortable in nature than in social groups, I approach these scenes as an observer—someone who understands both the longing for connection and the profound relationship possible with the natural world. My work documents the quiet resistance of tangible experience.

I work in alla prima oils, en plein air, and in the studio, revealing the subject through form, value, and texture. Alla prima painting — wet into wet, completed in a single session — suits these subjects precisely because it shares their nature: immediate, unrepeatable, alive. My subjects are typically lit naturally and rendered with energetic brushstrokes. I negotiate a balance between realism and abstraction, representing movement and the temporary nature of life.

I invite the viewer to engage with my work and recognize their own lives within it.