My body of work is quite diverse. One could say that I don't feel I have "a medium," or one format that I feel I excel at or concentrate on more than others. At times I feel that the singular common thread between each of my pieces is only that I myself have made it. Which, although rudimentary, is actually a great motivator for me in doing my work. It is the satisfaction and even relief of creating an object that exists outside of my own body, and to watch it interact with the world in different ways. At this point in my development as a prospective art-maker I do not want to limit myself to one medium, nor would I be able to. As I try new possibilities and learn new techniques, I am developing a deeper sense of what I might make in the future and what I might study in graduate school.

A more specific set of themes that arise in my work are the narratives embedded in inanimate found objects and dead things, such as crustaceans and insects. I often include found objects in my work that speak for the work better than I can for it. Many times in our history humans have enforced narratives on others and we, as individuals today, have to struggle to extricate ourselves from these master narratives. The objects that I use tell a different story, their own story. I suppose I'm stealing these objects from their real lives when I incorporate them into my work. However, many times we don't recognize these stories, and so I use the found objects so that their stories may be heard.

I have been blessed with several supportive and insightful professors here at Oberlin, and it has been thanks to them and the amount of time and space that is so abundant in this isolated yet charged landscape that I have been able to stay productive and inspired.