About
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“All right,” said Susan. “I’m not stupid. You’re saying humans need... fantasies to make life bearable.”
REALLY? AS IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF PINK PILL? NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE.
”Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little—“
YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES.
”So we can believe the big ones?”
YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING.
”They’re not the same at all!”
YOU THINK SO? THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY. AND YET—Death waved a hand. AND YET YOU ACT AS IF THERE IS SOME IDEAL ORDER IN THE WORLD, AS IF THERE IS SOME...SOME RIGHTNESS IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY BE JUDGED.
”Yes, but people have got to believe that, or what’s the point—“
MY POINT EXACTLY. ”
My work provides me with a method of understanding myself and the world, and allows me to connect with others. The narratives that underlie my works frequently hold themes of sexual trauma, mortality, power divides, and hope within hopelessness. I am inspired by a great variety of horror media. I often become lost in worlds of cosmic and gothic horror, as well as others that lean toward the fantastical, uncomfortable, unfathomable, and strange. Things that I hope to portray myself.
I work both digitally and traditionally, using various materials to tell my stories. I often employ painting techniques within my digital work, closely following traditional methods of oil painting and ink. I utilize graphic patterns, shapes and bright colors to pull at strings of fantasy and unreality. I ground my characters with deep shadow and attention to emotion and expression