"Every artist has a muse. Some choose a person, or an animal, or a spirit that lives within them. As an artist, I have chosen a dark ally, one with whom I am in constant conflict – it is both an inspiration and a provocation; a hated foe and a welcome guide.

I have chosen cancer. I lost my father to cancer in my last year of art school, in June 2001. After this momentous event, a bittersweet and therapeutic irony began to spill out onto my canvas.

In the process, I seek to unveil the unseen beauty of the progression that is life. I allow a pure and lively incorporation of acrylic and spontaneous brushstrokes to create a colorful conquest of cancerous matter. I begin by forming cellular expressions that are led both by my intuition and my study of photographs of cells. The forms adapt as a dialogue takes place between the layers of shapes and patterns.

In recent times I have drawn on this inspiration and evolved my approach to include a more abstract style. The inspiration that comes from deconstructing the malignancy of cancer cells has begun to include the beauty of the microscopic structures and organic shapes found in nature."