Biography
In my work, I use portraiture as a vehicle for creating a series of personal vignettes. Always formal, and often theatrical, each portrait serves as an assertion of a state of being. They are artificial moments, but are invented in support of very real sentiments. I am constantly examining human relationships through these devised images: assigning roles, removing context, arranging objects and offering it up for reinterpretation. By employing my own sense of visual symbolism, I develop a "poetic description" of the presence I wish to convey. Rather than set out to reveal a narrative, which demands a literal translation, I suggest a mood. I hope that in this way, my work speaks not only to my own, but also to the human experience.
