My paintings are an expression of adoration for the people I love most. Creating imagery representative of my favorite people has always been my clearest communication of love. Through the lens of a southern woman, I think of these images as “Southern Gothic” and they glorify the beauty of hard work and play in the south. The paintings are as large and complex as the relationships themselves. Both take years to cultivate and are full of secrets.

I pay homage to the people and places I love, even if the scenes are sometimes a little fabricated and fantastical. The work is colorful but dark. It is dark but it is hopeful.

Each painting depicts how I perceive each complicated personality. These miraculous, generous, admirable, southerners. They are unique, kind, hard-working, and mysterious. All deserving of the respect and time we give each other. This is my labor of love. Painting is my compulsion and I’m happy to have such a fabulously complex life to draw inspiration from.