How do you feel about being alive? Everyone’s answer arises from an intimate dance between their experience of life and their interpretation of death. Before we leave this earth, new experiences will invade our lives and become a part of us until the very end, confronting our sense of reality. Confrontation is a beautiful thing that I fear yet desire at the same time. It forces you to face your feelings and the feelings of others. 

The ability to make people feel is the strongest power an artist has, and it should not be underestimated. Storytelling inspires, relates to, and challenges people, inviting them into different realities.

What reality would you like to be invited into? 

You don’t get to answer that question. The artist does.

Art provides endless realities. I utilize animation and illustration as my outlets for translating my ideas and observations of life into art that resonates with others. They provide me with the  opportunity to express myself visually without the restraints of relying on the unchanging state of the real world. The ability to put mental imagery in motion is why I choose to animate. I utilize loose, sketchy textures and unrealistic color applications to emulate ambiguity and alter visual reality. My usage of surrealism serves to reflect the inherent paradox of the intricacies of everyday living. Implementing elements of horror to create an uncanny or unsettling tone aids me in inviting people to embrace vulnerability through fear and uncertainty. In reality, many of the complexities of life are horrific or frightening, but it is necessary to confront them. It is not only through these devices how I interpret my life through art, it is how I help others interpret theirs.