Statement // Bio

Founder // Field Colony
Founder // BOUCHER
Co-Founder // Rexer Contemporary Art
Co-Founder // SWEVEN

I have refined my approach to art-making within multiple series, each with their own approach, mediums, and surface; dependent on which is best-suited to express the intent. I primarily use allegorical and minimalist compositions to illustrate complex ideas and establish a new paradigm for societal identity. These works open a dialogue to communicate the essential experiences of the individual including loss, connection, and the consequences of impunity.

Growing up in rural Texas, living in a home designed and built by my parents, nurtured an appreciation for design, construction and the built form, nature, and the refinement of craft through exploration of the arts. In graduate school, an independent study, overseen by the Dean of the School of Art, produced the sculpture, Self (2004); a perfect white cube that represented the volume of my body in a form devoid of character.

This sculpture addresses two primary and recurring themes in my work; the interpretation and representation of self and our collective shared experience.

After working in Architecture, design, and fabrication firms, I extrapolated this knowledge and developed a series of gallery studios to work, teach, and exhibit within. This open-door environment encouraged conversation with my community, and these shared experiences led to a nuanced understanding of humanism and universality.

Using both traditional and experimental techniques, I work with a range of mediums including charcoal and chalk pastels, encaustic wax, and acrylics, to portray this solidarity and the steadfast spirit by deconstructing real and cultural borders through abstraction and redefined symbolism.