My artistic career is focused on the juxtapositions found in everyday life, specifically the whimsical and dark, and the comic and tragic. I strive to create images that embrace the concept of magical realism by melding the everyday with the fantastic, and always with a dash of humor. I often use anthropomorphic figures as vehicles for the human condition to portray loneliness, violence, and shame. Despite these themes, I approach each piece with as light a touch as possible. A friend recently told me that my work always has elements of cheesiness, but somehow is never actually cheesy. I come from an evangelical Christian background, a fact of life I have been mentally unpacking for the last several years. As I grow older, I am attempting to come to terms with my personal beliefs and what that means in terms of my lost faith. For the last year and a half, I have been creating a body of work regarding these personal developments.