My work is a creation of an oneiric garden, one teeming with desire and unease. Through the layering of botanical imagery and gestures of intimacy, I create pieces that evoke familiarity while remaining unplaceable. The sensation of sweeping a hand across dewy grass, fingers colliding as they embrace, the delicate acts of care associated with tending to a garden, the potential that is wrapped up in a bud versus the softness of a wilting flower; these moments are the impetus for the work.

Surfaces are often left unrefined, the soft rippling of the clay a result of the work’s making, each indent a moment. There is a mutuality of touch that is expressed in the surface, one that nods to the overarching themes of intimacy, growth, and potential found in the works.

I am interested in notions of reverie, the idea of the idyllic landscape that lends to a sense of escapism, and the cyclical rhythms found in nature. Drawing upon personal experience, readings, and daily observations, forms are created that explore the spectrum of relationships — from unreciprocated love and yearning to mutual desire.