“I use traditional media in my work for the very reason that it holds space in time. I'm fascinated by works in museums that have survived for centuries, that have been looked upon by generations of eyes, and they fill me with an absolute truth: the impermanence of our mortal flesh, and that physical art can allow us to travel back to bygone times, to experiences lived by the artists themselves. I am inspired by artists like Zdzislaw Beksinski, Hiroaki Samura, Van Gough, Maxfield Parrish and others, whos art captured not political movements, current events, or other zeitgeist, but the inner beauty, torment, and contemplation of their singular human mind. Their work inspires me to leave my own thumbprint of my life behind me: that I lived, I breathed, and I suffered. I am drawing from the deep well inside of myself to express the mental state of the human condition that we all share... and that none of us are immune to the passage of time."