There is nothing more powerful than to work from one’s own psyche—the place to which an artist can retreat and from which she can emerge. This informs my personal artistic approach, and while my voice is a dark one, it is not entirely so. The photographs that comprise the body of work Behind the Door play with themes of light versus dark, life versus death, birth and rebirth, sexuality, femininity, and identity. Through the process of creating these images I have discovered a vehicle for my voice.

          It is from inquiry into my own psyche—the erotic, the feminine, the human, and my dreams and nightmares—that I find the most inspiration for creating dark yet beautiful imagery. Some might construe this aesthetic as taboo, grotesque, and violent. It certainly can be those things, but it is also so much more. It has the power to present and offer a point of view that is often otherwise repressed. Light cannot exist without darkness. There are oppositions and traditionally restricted territories to be explored. So much of Behind the Door is about understanding different aspects of my persona by confronting and delving into these areas of friction, silence and taboo.