Statement from the artist:

Architecture is haunted by its past. Built for a purpose, it is altered or destroyed when that purpose fades, whether by time or the wrecking ball. The longer a structure stands, the more it absorbs from those who have passed through it; their experiences, dreams, and traumas lingering in its spaces. When entering an abandoned house, we often feel echoes of the past—a reflection or speculation on who once lived there and what led to its decay. Our perceptions are shaped as much by fiction as fact; haunted houses and old asylums are deeply rooted in pop culture, forming their own genre of fascination and fear.

My current works on paper are created in watercolor, gouache, and colored pencil, occasionally including cyanotype vignettes. They are based on decaying architectural interiors, including Dunnington Mansion in Farmville, VA, which I toured and photographed in the fall of 2024. Using my photographs as a reference, I developed the background of my pieces, layering surrealistic elements to create narratives within those spaces. The works explore abandoned architecture as a meditation on impermanence—how the present inevitably becomes the past. Even the grandest mansion may one day crumble, either deemed irrelevant or overtaken by nature, leaving behind only traces of what once was. 

My sculptural work incorporates found and often obsolete objects that evoke another time and the lives of those who once used them.