ARTIST STATEMENT

The ecosystem of the Ubiquitous is cyclical. When one nebulous form is mulched and absorbed, new formations are birthed into the landscape. My drawings seek to illustrate these constant changes and behaviors through swift, interpretive marks. I use accessible materials like ballpoint pens, dying highlighters, gouache, and the incidental creases, bends, stains, smudges, tears, and scores that arise as they are transferred from place to place. 

Ongoing drawings like Adaptive Tower are physically carried in my everyday life, gradually wearing and changing with each decision to unfold and draw. The forgiveness, release, damage, and alterations that occur connect my body to these shifting surfaces. 

These practices also carry into my gouache paintings; which exhibit more restraint, but narratively churn dissent, fear, and hurt into something new and vibrant. In this way, my drawing practice becomes a reflection of my queer experience, identity, and a continuing focus to live freely and joyously.