My work is informed by my experience as the parent of a neurodiverse child. That experience has made invisible disabilities especially important to me and has shaped my growing interest in brain health, neurodiversity, and the many ways people move through the world carrying struggles that are not immediately visible.

 

As my family and I have navigated, not always gracefully, a path toward helping my son realize his full potential, I have become increasingly attentive to the complexities of conditions such as PTSD, trauma, discrimination, dementia, and autism. In this series, I use graphite and acrylic paint to portray individuals living with these realities in a contemporary and thought-provoking way.

 

In each work, the bright seat functions as a visual marker of personal circumstance, resilience, and the ongoing process of working through difficulty. These seated figures invite reflection on what cannot be seen from the outside. My intention is to remind viewers that we rarely know the full context of another person’s thoughts, behaviors, or emotional life, and that kindness, compassion, and restraint in judgment matter.

 

Each piece in the series is large in scale, ranging from 51 x 72 inches to 42 x 29 inches. The drawings are made on hot-pressed, 140 lb. watercolor paper and professionally framed.