This body of work weaves 20thcentury American realism with a penchant for the peculiarity found in fantasy, presenting figurative portraits that spark desire, incite want, and provoke need.
I combine classic archetypes of beauty, such as the bathing young beauty, with images of looming sea creatures, fairytale goats, and coastal landscapes. I provide an environment where the work hints at the offset of reality by the quirky improbabilities brought to life through precise realism.
This exploration into my relationship with nature, the sea, realist painting, and the female form, continues to inform my work bringing me ever closer to a profound fascination with the symbolic connection between woman and nature.