I am a figurative surrealist oil painter, interested in an imaginary world that is nuanced, sly, quirky, dark, uncanny and fabular.  I use a theatrical cast of characters: queens, young girls, flora and fauna, predator and prey to play out aspects of my memories, persona and concerns, bringing a sense of stability through a variety of real and mythic scenarios.

I examine the tension between opposites in both the substantive thematic territory and my work in its formal aspects.  I am interested in the balance between old and new, comfortable and uncomfortable, safe and unsafe, discretion and confession.  Although my work appears mannered and removed, it is in fact autobiographical in nature.