ARTIST STATEMENT

It does not matter where you come from or what your income exceeds. As a culture we are surrounded our things - or at the very least the thoughts about the things - the ones we need or the ones we want. The things pass us by in semi-trucks, line the shelves of Target, fill the glossy windowscapes of luxury brands, and catch your scrolling social eyes. We are confronted by the things in every form and fashion available: in person, on your phone, on paper, through the radio waves, and via the influencers who teach you what you do not already possess. The things consume our everyday. We think we consume them, but aren’t they really consuming us? Happy colored objects are everywhere, ready for us to take them home.

My works obsessively explore images of pop culture - garden gnomes, unicorns, and dinosaur figurines - as I attempt to investigate the powerful significance of seemingly menial objects in contemporary culture.  Using repetitive imagery and narrative, I project myself and family as characters in bizarre stories of consumerism. Each painting and print adds to the absurdity of a deeply complicated culture of consuming.