s a kid I worked as a cutter in the apparel industry, and so I have reclaimed a kind of pattern making by incorporating the paper used in garment manufacturing. I am intrigued with the shapes and forms of clothing pieces. I cut each piece with the same hand tools I used growing up in the industry. It is/was a methodical activity in which to distract myself from past abuses.

I like using sewing pins to cast shadows, or fabric and thread - which I sometimes stitch directly through my canvases. In a sense, I am mending my life while purging dark memories.

I tend to revisit my childhood, while trying to resolve personal issues. Imagery comes to me in the weird moments before falling asleep and I often have no idea of their meaning until the work is done. There is also a quasi-scientific study of myself that seems to weave in and out of these otherwise spontaneous visions. Somewhere within this method of expressing myself, I find positive resolutions in this fractured existence I call my life.

• Arctic Memory, Oil, paper patterns, pencil, thread, embroidery and fabric on canvas, 40 x 60", 2008
• Head in the Soul, Oil, paper patterns, pencil, thread, embroidery on canvas, 30 x 30", 2008
• Eve's Dilemma, Oil, paper patterns, pencil & thread on canvas, 30 x 30", 2008

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• Climbingout2, Acrylic on panel, 20 x 20", 2008
• Out of Reach, 7-color Serigraph on 100% cotton rag paper. Edition size: 75, Image size: 16 x 22", Paper Size: 22 x 26", 2008

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• Of Snakes and Books, Watercolor and ink on paper, 7 x 11", 2006
• Kid Dreams, Watercolor and ink on paper, 7 x 11", 2006

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• A Small Mind's Afloat, Copperplate etching à la poupée on Rives BFK, 11 x 14", 2006
• Everything is Illuminated, Oil and pencil on canvas, 24 x 36", 2006

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• Recent Dreams of Mom, Oil and collage on masonite, 20 x 16", 2006
• Forgiveness on My Sleeve, Pencil and acrylic on manila pattern paper, 16 x 20", 2005

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