I make work with acrylic, spray paint, flashe and oil while exploring low-relief sculptural elements to craft paintings that expound upon societal structures through “carchitecture.” My practice revolves around education and grasping at knowledge woven into the fabric of the everyday so deeply that it feels impossible to comprehend without drowning in the weight of what is to be learned.

My current work expounds on the experience of existing in a city that is built for cars, not for people- where instead of finding human connection and a rich sidewalk tapestry, our cities are overshadowed by suburban sprawl and the pursuit of individual gain. I investigate how our current suburban/urban planning models contribute to environmental degradation, social inequity and a pervasive sense of loneliness. I pose questions about suburbs being subsidized by city dwellers, the history of white supremacy, and how it’s connected to irresponsible land-use, hyper-consumption and expansionism. 

Creating cells, pixels and boxes reminiscent of Peter Halley, my paintings use these replicating motifs stacked within one another to communicate isolation through infrastructure- city and social media alike. I explore allowing colors to conflict to simulate worlds colliding and use semiotic references that pose questions about the foundation our modernity is based upon. I created a visual lexicon inspired by Philip Guston that utilized my affinity for illustration and looked to Eva Struble and Tala Madani, admiring the painterly focus and how their use of symbolic qualities do not rely on the representational elements alone to communicate critiques of power structures and environmental degradation.

Viewers are welcomed on a journey about what we experience as “normal,” our perceptions of knowledge and how we as individuals, and as a society, interact and impact the world. I wonder how we can move forward differently, rearranging ourselves to ponder the hard answers that can benefit the future of our neighbors, communities, cities and the world at large.