My most recent drawings are portraits, of sorts, of semi-fictional women and the spaces that they inhabit. As an artist, I have been grappling with how we fashion ourselves, how we present ourselves to the world around us. Even behind closed doors and in our own homes, we continue to uphold an image of how we want to be seen by the public eye. Like zoo animals or circus performers, we are constantly on display. However, appearance does not always signify actuality. Perhaps that's the space I'm most fascinated by: the space between appearance and reality. My drawings are, on the surface, "pretty," much like the rooms and the women they illustrate. However, I use color and pattern as a means to lure the viewer into my work. Once there, they find subjects that are lost and lonely in the superficial spaces that surround them. My drawings attempt to show what lies underneath the surfaces we create.

My work is influenced by a number of sources, from Baroque art to the 1930's movie musicals, to fashion magazines. Just as I look to a seemingly clashing mixture of sources, I can't seem to stick to simply one medium. I play with a range of materials and color, pushing together graphite, gouache, and airbrushed acrylic in candy colors, to create images that are at once precious and over-the-top.