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In both "Notations" and “The Comfort of Strangers” (taken from the title of a Beth Orton album that I love), I've followed and explored how seemingly inconsequential scenes and objects in our everyday lives are poetic, mysterious, beautiful or strange. Often I find a spiritual or foreboding moment where others may not see it. I've studied the historical aspects of visual language in modern art, and discovered that a photograph can capture unique meaning. Through this study, I’ve been inspired to create my own visual language, a sort of poem made up of images. With this work, I believe that an image can stand in direct representation of an idea, emotion, or remembrance through association. The chosen colors and subject matter create feelings of isolation, silence and timelessness which I hope the viewer relates to their own life experiences and memories.

In addition to referencing visual artists like William Eggelston, Gerhard Richter and Richard Misrach, my work is also inspired by literary references to writers like Raymond Carver and Michael Cunningham to explain the quiet mystery, humor and occasional melancholy in my photographs.