My work speaks to psychological themes of  personas, which simultaneously help us navigate every day while keeping our inner animal encaged. It is this snarled animal I’m most interested in. Jungian psychological models explain the Shadow as the negative attributes within conscious beings, and I tend to think of my work as a kind of Shadow work, or directly confronting and analyzing these negative attributes to better understand the psyche as a whole. Through the use of distortion, and abstraction, a narrative of loss, foreboding, and hopelessness is created. I strive to depict a truer version of the psyche, the hidden darkness underlying human experience, the façade of decency often worn as a mask; I strive to rip this away and explore the internal landscape.