About

My studio practice hyper fixates on the materiality of reclaimed house paint. I challenge it to redefine its intended purpose of covering, protecting, and elevating surfaces around us by using it to create three-dimensional forms. I’m interested in discovering how self-sufficient this material can be while allowing material agency and the opportunity to fail or prevail. Paint skins are created using a variety of invented and reimagined processes. I use reclaimed paints with unknown histories to ensure uncertainty and irregularity. The skeletal armatures that coexist with the paint skins are inspired by bodily gestures, daily observations from my surroundings, and/or a feeling.  Rather than the paint being used metaphorically, it’s through the material pursuit and formal explorations of line, form, and color that narratives of vulnerability, resilience, and personal experience coincide.

It's important to note the ever-changing nature of the paint. Transitioning from a liquid to a solid is only the beginning. Kinetic - it continues to shift from a soft, malleable consistency where it’s prone to sagging, stretching, and tearing to more rigid and brittle state. I want to witness it all - the challenge, the change, the time, the process, the discovery. My interest lies in the materiality of house paint from the initial brushstroke to its potential demise.

I recieved my MFA in Visual Art and Museum Studies Certificate from the University of Kansas, and am currently based in Lawrence, Kansas.