Personal Statement: The premise underlying my conceptual work is what I call "issues of access". I believe people are always engaged in an issue of access in one form or another. We are always trying to gain access - or to prevent access - to ourselves, others, environments, power, God, money, technology, etc. through a variety of media: language, social barriers, prejudice, technology, rules, laws, etc.

Themes of my work include compassion, stigma, prejudice, violence, and other social and environmental issues. I work in a variety of media to explore and express social, personal, and environmental themes.

I am particularly intrigued by the complex relationship that includes each person's body. The body acts as both a barrier and a connector between one's interior reality (feelings, thoughts, emotions) and his or her exterior reality (social, manmade, and natural environments).