People are often attracted to the aesthetics of an image or object that stimulates desire. Decorative objects are collected and exhibited in the home as status symbols of affluence and refinement. During hard times, some of those treasured items may just end up in a pawn shop. My work engages the viewer with its seemingly innocent decorative delight; yet upon closer examination the work challenges and questions our attraction by revealing darker truths.

My drawings, diagrams, installations, sculpture and prints explore the paradox of “horrible beauty,” illuminating my concerns regarding wealth, greed, violence and cultural traditions.