“I create intuitive, material-based paintings as my way of making sense of the world around me and as a reaction to the uncertainty of life. I utilize the unpredictable nature of paint, while still maintaining a degree of control over it, and this tension between the known and unknown is the driving force behind what I create. I see painting as my way of working through the past while also accepting the future, and creating a personal record of my own experiences. My work seeks to find a balance between unconscious and irrational and conscious and deliberate, while my process involves learning and knowing, intent and accident, personal experience and trial and error all informing and influencing the next. ”