Using graphite pencil, my work stretches the drawing practice from a primary process of making into an autonomous art form. Through this monochrome lens, my work regards how our bodies play and function in the modern world. As people, we have adapted to a great deal of technological and social change, but in drawing figures and portraits with a rudimentary pencil, my work maintains a narrative of organic human nature.

By reworking the grid in many of my pieces, my work often fuses the experimental and the methodical together. If and how I choose to alter the grid is what conveys the meaning behind each piece. It can create order, optical illusions, and poignant messages in the image. Assembling both the naturalism of the pencil and the grid’s harsh constructs mirrors our bodies as organic things of beauty conforming to a world of artificial modern influence. My work interrogates how the degradation of romance has changed intimacy, how the media has morphed our bodies and how these changes affect our lives.