My paintings draw on the vast and constantly accumulating archive of audiovisual information that circulates in modern culture enmeshed with my emotional interpretation. The negative spaces are as central to my work as representation—figures frequently bleed into the ground and vice versa, suggesting the affective connection between feelings and the environment. My process is intuitive and without much preparatory sketching, rather evoking feeling through moody cinematic compositions. I am interested in the contrast between surface aesthetics and the psychic and emotional complexities that they mask. My frequently figurative landscapes employ vivid, expressionistic color and often incorporate decorative touches such as gold leaf and neon colors that recall contemporary culture’s obsession with material accumulation, external be
