Creating art is my therapy. I paint and print reality with incorporation of the macabre thoughts that dwell repressed in the back of our minds. The meaning of each piece is subjective to the viewer. They may view the pieces as dealing with death, as a reflection of my interest in anti-speciesism, or as dealing with eating disorder issues. Truly, they encompass all three. Those who choose to blow the paintings off as horrifying are not the audience I aim for. I aim for those who understand, who stare and cannot look away, for those who are disturbed on more than a visual level. Pessimistic? Maybe, but for me it is my life, and I can only paint what I know best.