Paintings

Through painting, I first find myself drawn to the idea of isolation in expansiveness, especially as I reminisce on growing up in an isolated, rural town and its slowly deteriorating atmospheres. I feel both discomfort and intense nostalgia when I paint these images. I find that a wide, all-encompassing landscape suits this dichotomy. Additionally, I often use deer and fawn motifs as the animal is deeply rooted in my memory as a symbol of home and the woods that surrounded me. Last, I also explore texture studies inspired by the decaying nature of abandoned homes and forgotten rural architecture in the deep South.