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A painting is never finished until it has a home and I want that home to be yours - which is why I price my work by sliding-scale and offer payment plans. Click on the painting below to get a closer look and don’t hesitate to contact me.

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409 - 70 x 67 cm
409 - 70 x 67 cm

Growing up, 409 was the go-to industrial cleaner and I see it here on the lower right - trying to purge out the obvious cellular chaos. In this piece, I am literally translating the war against virus onto canvas. I don’t normally paint this way, but we are in a pandemic, so there’s that.

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Wiegracht - 98 x 80 cm
Wiegracht - 98 x 80 cm

Wiegracht started at my Affordable Art Fair residency in Amsterdam and finished with the reintroduction of my scrambled text. I coded the alphabet so I could use it in my work without distracting the viewer. You get the decoder ring when you buy it.

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P.Muidergracht - 70 x 60 cm
P.Muidergracht - 70 x 60 cm

There is a willow tree along P. Muidergracht. It droops into the canal and touches the water. Everytime I see it, it stirs something peaceful. I can see it here in this piece.

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Overtime -67 x 36 cm
Overtime -67 x 36 cm

I fought with this composition for many many months. I layered paint and took it away many times. This happens from time to time with a piece, but as long as I am patient it seems that there will always be one day where the pieces snap into place. 'Overtime' found itself after I surrendered to the process and gave it space.

67 x 36cm

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Towers - 80 x 60cm
Towers - 80 x 60cm

There are towers in this piece that radiate and transmit. The colors move like clouds.

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All Hail the Glitterati - 49 x 37 cm
All Hail the Glitterati - 49 x 37 cm

The Glitterati focused on glitter bombing politicians and came to fame in the US during the 2012 presidential elections. Though I was not a part of this movement, the glitter bomb played a large part in my adjustment to living in Amsterdam

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Dirty Twin - 80 x 70 cm
Dirty Twin - 80 x 70 cm

I wanted to do a piece that directly expressed conflicts I experienced moving to Amsterdam. The side on the right reflects my deep longing for my family at home, while I offset those emotions to create and build a new life here in Amsterdam. The result reminds me that both missing and creating can happen at once.

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Between - 40.5 x 26 cm
Between - 40.5 x 26 cm

It’s not often that I stray away from canvas, but this wood was so smooth and beckoning. These inks are weaving and making a space between the chaos that soothes.

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