Painting can be hedonistic. I paint abstract portraits of glamor and decay. Decorative and biological elements merge to become icons of excess and marginal beauty.

Venetian chandeliers, Art Nouveau pattern and human bones influence my symbolic lexicon. In the spirit of ornamentation, glitter, papier-mache' and objects adorn the surface with theatrical artifice. Pools of chalky paint interlock with sinewy lines and cosmetic smears of intense color. These spectral forms take shape and dissolve within patterned grounds.

Drawing upon early grotesques traditions, queer experimental film and icons of glam rock, clashing elements fuse into an identity that is never fixed.