I make both sculptures and paintings. My sculptures draw on cultural associations with animal trophies that generally reinforce the idea that the animal is valued more in its death than in its life. With my decorative animal skulls, most notably the horse series, I also evoke more sentimental associations of loss. In this work, a painted, imagined narrative depicts the horse, children growing and aging, and vistas of the land and vegetation on a fictional farm. Ornate antlers adorned with flowers, mushrooms, mice, walnuts, and acorns also call attention to strong associations with the land and passing seasons. My paintings depict fictional narrative settings, sometimes using the human body as a vehicle to address autobiographical issues and sometimes using animals and people to address losses that come with the passage of time.

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