As a queer individual raised amid the political and social frictions of rural and urban Northeast Texas, my work emerges from an ongoing negotiation between faith, identity, and place. Being raised as a “cradle Catholic”, spirituality and ritual shaped my upbringing through the rhythms of Mass, confession, and sacrament, while existing in tension with queerness and social stigma. This conflict between belief, belonging, and self forms the conceptual foundation of my practice, prompting questions of mortality, reverence, and the ways spiritual meaning can exist outside orthodox frameworks.

I work fluidly between analog photographic processes and digital manipulation, using emulsion lifts, collage, and flatbed film scanning to construct layered images that oscillate between abstraction and clarity. My compositions invite viewers to navigate multiple depths of surface, balancing negative space with dense textures while allowing intuition and material disintegration to guide the final form. Sculptural and projected works extend this photographic inquiry into physical space, creating shifting environments where perception becomes exploratory and unstable.

Through these processes, I aim to foster a reverent appreciation for overlooked, unorthodox forms of spiritual practice rooted in impermanence, celebration of life, and the transient nature of lived environments.