Artist Statement

I create contemporary glass mosaics that reimagine who gets to be seen, heard, and celebrated.

Growing up in a family shaped by creativity and severe mental health challenges, I became aware early in life of how easily people can be overlooked, misunderstood, or silenced. Rather than accepting those realities, I found myself imagining a better version of the world—one where every voice matters and every person deserves to be seen.

That vision drives my work.

Using the visual language of 1950s and 60s romance comics, I create contemporary mosaics that challenge outdated narratives and celebrate modern ones. Women are powerful and self-determined. LGBTQ+ relationships are honored. Vulnerability is strength. The people who have often been pushed to the margins become the center of the story.

I think of my mosaics as positive morality tales for a complicated world. They are celebrations of the values I hope to see more of around me—equality, authenticity, courage, kindness, humor, and love. While the imagery is bold, nostalgic, and often playful, each piece is designed to invite reflection and spark conversation.

Equally important is the way the work is made. Over the past two decades, I have developed a mosaic technique that is uniquely my own. Working exclusively in glass rather than ceramic, I build each piece from thousands of individually cut fragments. My signature black linework functions like ink in a comic illustration, while fields of hand-cut colored glass create depth, movement, and luminosity. Because glass captures and transforms light, each mosaic shifts throughout the day, creating an experience that is both visual and alive.

Glass is the perfect metaphor for the human experience. It is beautiful and resilient, yet fragile and imperfect. Individually, each fragment is incomplete. Together, they create something stronger and more meaningful than any one piece could achieve alone.

Ultimately, my work is about transformation—transforming division into connection, frustration into understanding, and broken pieces into images that celebrate the best of who we can be. Through these mosaics, I hope to create not only beautiful objects, but reminders that every voice matters and every story deserves to be seen.