My practice explores the ways that generational influence and lived experiences affect ideas of freedom, memory, and the construction of identity. Using imagery, materials, and processes rooted in motorcycle and hot rod culture, I examine themes of independence, risk-taking, and personal transformation. The motorcycle serves as both a personal and cultural symbol of liberation, inviting viewers to reflect on their own understanding of freedom and the courage it takes to pursue it.

Through hand-drawn and labor-intensive methods, I emphasize slowness, observation, and attention to detail. I am interested in the beauty found in imperfection and use, and in the overlooked moments that often define our lives most deeply: time spent in the craftsman’s ‘shop’, repetitive acts of labor, the accumulation of wear, and the freedom found in movement and self-determination. Working with previously used objects transformed by labor, movement, and time, I incorporate traces of riding, repair, and everyday routine into the work, allowing these surfaces to function as records of experience and becoming. My work invites viewers to pause and reconsider what it means to live fully and authentically in a world driven by speed and constant distraction.

Memory, family lineage, and inherited ways of making remain central to my practice. The histories embedded within materials parallel the ways relationships and experiences shape identity over time. By revisiting and transforming these objects through careful processes, I seek to honor the people, cultures, and environments that continue to inform how I move through life and artmaking.

Rather than defining what a fully lived life should look like, my work asks viewers to consider how meaning is built through sustained attention to the present. It proposes that authenticity is not something fixed or achieved, but something continually shaped through observation, labor, memory, adventure, and a willingness to engage deeply with both the past and the everyday.