Artist's Statement

All experiences contain multiple realities--some acknowledged, others not. Because a single experience simultaneously triggers so many emotions and ideas, we have to choose (consciously or subconsciously) which interpretations to preserve. But the impressions that we select are no more real than the ones we relinquish. In my work, I try to express both as equally relevant. By piecing together seemingly disparate elements, I build my images to suggest some of the many perceptions of an experience. Rather than trying to resolve the complicated relationship between these differing realities, I hope I have created in my collages coherent spaces where you can consider these alternative perceptions together--whether they clash, become entangled, or simply coexist.