My images depict ordinary objects as icons possessing inner lives and symbolic subtexts. Using dramatic lighting effects and exaggerated perspectives, my surreal renderings evoke cultural mythologies and psychological narratives that consider humor and menace in our material possessions and how they reflect our humanity.

I work in several mediums including watercolor, gouache, acrylic and oil paints, pastel, color and graphite pencils, mixed-media on paper, burin engraving and — the technique for which I’m best known — mezzotint engraving.

For information about mezzotint engraving, see pdf What is mezzotint?