I am excited about my solo show, Villains and Heroes, at Brassworks Gallery in Portland, Oregon. The collection of works focuses on telling the story of individuals pushed by their desires and circumstances.
Some of the imagery in my paintings include a world-weary Alice in Wonderland working as a waitress while she's nine months pregnant. Mr. Potato Head, now an exhausted office worker, tries to find solace in drinking beer at a bar while a lively blue pony talks nonstop into his plastic ear. Legos, usually used by kids to build a positive world of schools and heroes, instead portrays a dystopian society where marginalized people struggle to survive.
