I look at the things happening in the world today, and what history has taught us about our broken world and I can't stop being drawn into the unreason of it all. What I try to express in my art is that we all have the same hopes and dreams as anyone, anywhere at any time in the present or throughout history. I depict how, despite our rifts, we might experience healing in a broken world, and how that undertaking is universally human. My goal is that my paintings draw in viewers with empathy by depicting individuals with rich inner lives and compassionate personae.