Portrait of my first son at 18 months. Painted when he was 15 years old.

Commission for a good friend of his wife's late father and Stevie Wonder hanging in Joshua Tree. Based off a real photo of the two in a radio station studio.

At the time I painted this, my youngest was always occupying one arm. I left it unfinished. This time together with our father and husband will be forever cherished- passed August 1, 2021.

A pool of dyed water serves as a conductor of my reflection, and my body as the agent, which dismantles my reflected image through direct manipulation of the water. I am exploring the idea of separation in one’s identity in relation to the physical image of one's body. By selecting film stills of the documentation where my reflection is contorted, then painting their portrait, I am declaring a reinvented identity. There is a separation between my inner self and the image I see in my reflection. This image is an object, which has become foreign in relation to my inner self.

Staring over a puddle of water contemplating the human situation. Wondering how we all got here, and how things have gotten so out of control. Instead of his own reflection staring back, there are a myriad of anthropomorphic figures
This narrative points to the philosophies of Deism and the watchmaker analogy. The unwinding of the clock by intelligent ravens suggests how man with his ever growing intelligence has twisted the path the world was set to in the beginning.

2:3 Commission work

1:3 Commission work

3:3 Commission work

Commissioned portrait

Commission