I believe that there is a certain artistry in the creation of humans—a sense of duality—in our biological and psychological processes. I strive to express the connection between the two and their external relations to social issues. My creative work includes drawing with a focus on people and semi-portraiture, often using ink, graphite, and charcoal. I focus on the expression of inner feelings (and how they can differ from person to person) and current social global issues, and my interests in literature, psychology, self-expression, and human nature heavily influence what I create. The main question I want to answer is, “What does it mean to be human?”
In my works, I keep a monochromatic palette, focusing on the subject matter and composition. Like our busy world, my compositions are full and busy but intentional. My goal is to express a subject and its relationship and interaction with its environment. With an absence of color, the harsh contrast of black and white communicates a straightforward story. Without depending on colors, using monochromatic colors presents the challenge of expressing a narrative with shapes, textures, depths, and composition, which I get a fair mix of from my main three mediums. The use of tonal values stands as a metaphor to represent the many "tones" or "shades" of being human. Despite the full composition, the subjects’ expressions can be interpreted as lonely or isolated—this, along with the simple color palette, juxtaposes the complexity of being human.
It is my goal to create spaces and projects that encapsulate and express the many forms of being human.