PAINTING PROCESS
I enjoy painting in both oil and acrylic with textured, painterly strokes. I consider my painting an extension of my psyche, so I often incorporate my spiritual practices, as well as people that have impacted my life into my works. Although I am influenced by the old masters, such as Caravaggio and Artemisia Gentileschi, as well as the surrealism of Mark Ryden, I often depict people in more of an expressionist manner. I feel this is a way of portraying the deeper underlying traits of a person, which can’t always be seen at face value.