“After years of studying photography and viewing countless images of bodies that are meant to be observed, my artwork became driven by a question: How do I depict a lived body instead of an observed body? In truth, the question is a paradox, a source of tension and humor in my work. When I randomly pour ink and begin painting around it, the ink looks more alive and real than the carefully added images. Suddenly, the most foreign and accidental aspect of the painting becomes visceral, inviting the viewer to relate beyond merely gazing at the other.“