Through my work, I seek to engage viewers in a dialogue about loss and the fragility of the natural world. 

My watercolor paintings portray lush environments where human figures and animals navigate the complexities of loss. In many works, loss is a looming realization or imminent threat. In others, it lingers within the environment, while central figures grapple with its impact. Throughout my work I employ symbolic imagery. The poppy flower represents solace, resilience, and sacrifice, while bees symbolize the imperiled state of our ecosystem, and moths emerge as eerie harbingers of death, subtly reinforcing an underlying sense of impermanence.

I am especially interested in relationships between humans and animals. In many of my works, birds are featured prominently alongside human figures. Their dynamic poses and expressive gazes command attention to the unfolding tragedy. These birds, bound and beholden to their human counterparts, reflect and respond to the tension within the environment and suggest a narrative beyond the edges of the paper. Conversely, my human figures evoke a sense of power through their scale and placement. Their presence, sometimes divine-like and other times devotional, is juxtaposed with an emotional stillness. Their distant gazes and rigid postures conveying a deep sorrow for, and acceptance of all that is, and will be lost. 

Drawing on motifs and themes from the Italian Renaissance, my most recent work, Girl with Rabbits (Primavera), further explores transitions and endings. The painting depicts a young girl in nature, her clothing a reminder of childhood. Surrounding her are rabbits and pomegranates, alluding to both the complexities and inevitability of womanhood. The girl looks serenely at the viewer, her slight smile evoking a quiet melancholy. Meanwhile, the rabbits appear pensive, as if standing guard against a looming threat. All around this scene spring erupts — this is not the gentle spring of soft blossoms and warm breezes, but one marked by intensity and upheaval. The sky burns with an ominous glow, and cherry blossoms fall like embers. This is a spring that does not promise renewal but instead signals an ending.