I’m a representational painter who depicts scenes and places in a way that suggests a world that has slipped out of register. I often show the human form under strain or built environments with familiar architecture, landscaping and street features looking oddly off-kilter. The paintings may employ visual cues associated with surveillance photography – high vantage points, obscured sightlines, and bright security lighting – to further heighten awareness and curiosity. The atmosphere of uncertainty is amplified by the physical qualities of the works, themselves. I apply paint to the back of loose-weave linen, forcing it through the fabric. What extrudes out the front appears as loops of yarn or strands of colored threads and gives the paintings a lush, visceral appeal. Viewers often describe a strong impulse to touch the work, and the paintings are frequently mistaken for carpets, tapestries or needlepoints.The slippage between media is purposeful. It activates a sense of the uncanny and materializes my preoccupation with the liminal nature of our current moment. Narratives are indecipherable. Ambiguity and instability are central themes.