Dreams speak to us in a manner that transcends language. In our dreams, we are afforded an invaluable opportunity to relish in a mystery, to submerge ourselves in a enigmatic kind of logic where the the familiar and the unknown blend together until they are virtually indistinguishable from one another. While tempting, trying to figure out what a dream means defeats the point of dreaming: not because our answers are wrong, but because some mysteries are far more about the questions raised than the answers uncovered.

My paintings are a window into this idea, where gatherings of figures are tucked inside compositions that evoke a familiar unknown; locations that initially feel alien, yet trigger the feeling of Déjà vu. Within these compositions, some figures engage with each other, some stare off into the distance, and others seemingly completely disconnect from the composition entirely. These element work in tandem to articulate feelings and truths about ourselves that we cannot yet verbalize, but feel deeply.

In this process, a beautiful abstraction is created in the mind, a fascinating mystery for me to solve. Truthfully, I don’t want to solve the mystery. Not yet anyway. Painting allows me to suspend the search for truth while I capture the essence of the mystery and the mood it conjures. Through the journey, the only constant is my intuition, and I must trust it through to the end. At this time, I don’t believe there is a more authentic way for me to paint.