The fusion of observation, memory, and imagination has served as a foundation for my work over the years. Spatial qualities often emerge from the relationships between overlooked objects and everyday materials, reflecting the ways people arrange their environments and imbue them with meaning. These fragments of daily life, layered with histories and associations, play a pivotal role in shaping each piece.

I work on several projects at once, creating an environment that helps me let go of judgment and doubt. In this flow, connections emerge as I intuitively assemble disparate materials, a process I call Scrap Logic—a method of piecing together seemingly unrelated objects to uncover their hidden connections and possibilities. Buttons from garage sales, scraps of paper rescued from the recycling bin, vintage jewelry with a story, mismatched paint samples from the hardware store, and other found objects become part of my creative toolkit. These moments of discovery often occur when I engage directly with the materials, experimenting with how their histories and physical properties interact. This process creates unexpected relationships between objects, sparking new ideas and driving the composition forward.

I like to think of these works as interior spaces of the mind. Through layering, painting, and collage, they form moments in time that represent the strange bridge between the familiar and the unfamiliar. The resulting forms carry a duality—both recognizable and ambiguous. They reference things I feel, know, and remember while embracing randomness and chance occurrences in the studio. They act as visual notes, abstractions drawn from the world around me, and compositions shaped by new experiences. These forms invite the viewer to pause, raise an eyebrow, and question what they are truly seeing—a balance between recognition and mystery.

My art is an exploration of how materials and ideas converge to reflect the ways we organize, remember, and assign meaning to our surroundings. By incorporating everyday objects like salvaged wood, discarded paper, and forgotten trinkets, I encourage viewers to reconsider familiar forms and uncover the layered narratives embedded in these materials. Through this process, my work invites reflection on how personal history, cultural memory, and daily rituals shape our perception of the world.