As both a journalist and an artist, I am fascinated by human behavior and the concept of legacy. As someone who is not adept to change and yet believes in a better future, I have a hard time letting go of the past and looking forward, without acknowledging what isn’t coming with us. More often than not, I find myself sifting through what is left behind as a consequence of living: holding onto the remains and asking questions of it. That crossroads -- between rejoicing in the unique experience of being human, and the desperate need to pay tribute to what has built the road before us -- is where my work lies

I am deeply inspired by themes from the Romantic period, technicolor films, tabloid journalism, Death, and the punk and resistance movements – and they have informed my entire body of work. Transmedia is a technique I learned while in journalism school: it is the practice of telling one large, overarching story by telling smaller, standalone stories across three or more disciplines, mediums, and/or media formats. This is the lens with which I view my work. When each piece is viewed separately, they hold their own narrative. But when viewed together, they tell a larger, more nuanced story. My mixed-media pieces employ a number of mediums -- beeswax, found fibers, vintage and antique newsprint, watercolor & acrylic paint, metals, and even my own photographs -- that each are an anthropologic interrogation of what it means to be human in the 21st century. When viewed together as a comprehensive body of work alongside my photography and writing, they are my love letter to a world I will never fully understand.