My paintings begin as reactions to personal experiences, although the images and themes represented are not strictly autobiographical. By using everyday situations, symbols, spaces and objects, including the human figure, I hope to reveal the complexities of the familiar to both prompt curiosity, and to draw the viewer inward. Employing a series of multimedia processes, the paintings become a stage for figures and objects in confined spaces, depicting, at times, unsettling images that respond to social constructions, institutions and politics.