Painting can be hedonistic. I paint abstract portraits of glamour and decay. Decorative and biological elements are fused to create hermaphroditic icons; Venetian chandeliers and human bones are among my inspirations. In the spirit of collage, color, glitter, papier-mache’ and objects adorn the surface, connoting excess. Pools of chalky paint interlock with sinewy lines and clumps of intense color. These spectral forms take shape and dissolve within the ground.

In keeping with the grotesque tradition, clashing elements fuse joyfully into a new identity—one that is never fixed.