Artist Statement

I am drawn to personal histories: the stories that we carry and the fragments that we misremember. Alongside my own memories, I collect histories from people willing to share them with me, and interpret them using surreal elements in my oil paintings, soft pastel works on paper, etchings and pottery. 

My visual language is shaped by art history. I use compositional strategies found in Haitian Indigenist painting, 18th century Mexican art and medieval Indian miniature painting traditions. I also borrow poses, hand gestures, and proportions from Buddhist visual traditions, including Gupta period sculpture from northern India and the Dunhuang caves in northwestern China.