Statement

My paintings are a remembrance and reimagining of my childhood Victorian home and thus the meaning of home. I employ architecture, antique objects and portraiture to create imaginative compositions with a narrative quality. Old staircases, heating grates, and decorative items are featured for their design elements and nostalgic feel. The viewer can use these environments to create their own domestic pasts and presents.

In my work, my youthful home is a space where objects float and oceans and sky invade interior spaces to both comforting and disquieting effect. I build distinct visual landscapes to connect my own inner life with that of viewers. You can return home, but those familiar places are always changing. The spaces we have lived in haunt us, so we revisit and remake them all our lives.