“My work often begins as an instinctive act of reflection, embracing figurative representation and deadpan humor as tools to examine my lived experiences. Through self-portraiture, I explore the tension between vulnerability and independence, and how these opposing forces shape our self-image and sense of worth. What began as a meditation on solitude has evolved into an exploration of how aloneness can be involuntarily breached. I have long been interested in the psychology of nonconsensual voyeurism, the thin line between safety and invasion.

These themes stem from my studies in Crime, Law, and Deviance, but they have evolved into something more personal in an effort to understand how visual language can rehumanize what forensic study tends to make clinical. Instead of focusing on the physical act of violence, my work is concerned with the buildup of fear before the climax and the emotional residue it leaves behind. My paintings linger in that liminal space between detachment and empathy, manifesting in scenes of domestic paranoia.

Ultimately, painting allows me to reclaim agency within imagery that might otherwise feel cold or procedural. It’s a process of reanimating what’s been reduced to data. I’m drawn to the immediacy of paper and acrylic, the way they allow raw, unfiltered emotion to surface without hesitation. In the studio, I’m not seeking answers so much as clarity—a moment of quiet recognition that something human still exists in the aftermath.”