"I use art to explore ideas and contemporary conversations with a particular attunement to the climate, women’s experiences, the passage of time, and portraiture. I am currently excited by collage as a way to contrast various things to create new meanings, particularly the visual combination of abstract and tangible things. I think of collage not only as the literal combining of source material or mixed media but also as a conceptual idea to open up contrasts between disparate ideas and visual elements. My source material comes from images I and others have taken rather than painting En plein air. I see painting as an extension of my video and photography work by situating source material in the realms of photo and video sources over reality."