I am a working photographer, painter and poet. My works linker in the quiet intersectional tensions between intimacy, identity, power and vulnerability. Within these archetypes, I focus on exploring my own capacities for grief and tenderness, love and loneliness. At my core, I am always seeking the boundaries of connection and disconnection. I look for liminal spaces where identities are revealed and reshaped and where pockets of gentleness can arise. Everything I make is a love letter of sorts and an invitation for closeness: knowing there is pain everywhere, I hope we can choose to be each other’s holy respite. My visual work ranges from viscerally emotional photographic portraiture to abstract and figurative paintings which often include vibrant kaleidoscopic colors and range from small works on paper to vast works on canvas and wood. My poetry is an ongoing thread that I weave throughout my visual works; sometimes it stands alone and sometimes it is presented in context with visual pieces. Everything is about play and delight, while honoring quiet introspection. Please come visit me at The Studio!