I often perceive the passing of time as a cinematic display of sights, sounds, and abstract symbols in constant motion. At the same time I find myself selectively cancelling out the noise of all that the brain ingests and I contemplate what is left. I aim to capture the essence of this perception using oil paint and figuration to press pause on the formative stage of comprehension.  

I am interested in new ways to interpret information that illuminates our understanding of specific experiences.  Because the past not just sheds light on, but establishes an understanding of the present, my painting process combines the distortion of memory with direct representation to create a fusion of past, present and inevitable fiction.  I work from the understanding that the heightened and misguided nature of memory that is distilled out of dreams and subconscious histories is a real part of self-reflection and an essential component of reality.