I was born in Washington, DC and grew up in Arlington, Virginia. After studying art and Spanish in college, I worked for a few years, received a Fulbright grant and taught in Spain for a year, and then studied painting at the University of New Hampshire. I currently teach painting and drawing at the George Washington University and for Arlington County community programs.
I am fascinated by the beauty of small things and the strangeness of miniature worlds, and I hope my work reflects a unifying interest in the feminine and fantastical. Small birds, toy theaters, Spanish princesses, and doll-like people inhabit my recent paintings. The paintings can be lovely and dear, but there is also darkness: a strange scale shift, a dead bird, a mysterious shadow that implies violence or sadness.
My “toy theater” and invented landscape spaces are an allegorical place, populated by figures painted from life, invention, and pastiche. They are a place for me to stage narratives that, while ambiguous to the viewer, refer to certain relationships or experiences of mine. Recently I am thinking about the transition from childhood to adulthood, sexuality, and femininity.
I am fascinated by the beauty of small things and the strangeness of miniature worlds, and I hope my work reflects a unifying interest in the feminine and fantastical. Small birds, toy theaters, Spanish princesses, and doll-like people inhabit my recent paintings. The paintings can be lovely and dear, but there is also darkness: a strange scale shift, a dead bird, a mysterious shadow that implies violence or sadness.
My “toy theater” and invented landscape spaces are an allegorical place, populated by figures painted from life, invention, and pastiche. They are a place for me to stage narratives that, while ambiguous to the viewer, refer to certain relationships or experiences of mine. Recently I am thinking about the transition from childhood to adulthood, sexuality, and femininity.
