An inner world of curiosities, of humor and distorted reality, enlivens my artworks. Looking at the work, it’s seemingly innocent and joyful; upon a closer look the work becomes darker, but with glimmers of hope. I typically use bold colors to communicate feelings of hope and renewal as well as an intricate system of symbols scattered amongst these images. Black hearts and X’s are used to represent the characters’ inner feelings. The use of windows teleports the viewer into the inner worlds of our characters, known as “The Wibbles.” There is sincerity to these characters as they express a childlike sense of wonder but also find themselves in unpredictable situations. They sit in an in-between space of neither being fully present nor absent, as if in a lucid dream state. Taken together, these characters and their worlds encapsulate a true expression of myself. In some ways they are an exaggeration of how I see myself, but also an honest view of how I see and have seen the world at various stages in my life. Through this lens, the work takes on a dynamic and introspective view in which interpretive layers are eventually uncovered. These layers consist of immense joy, but also of the grim reality happening in the outside worlds beyond the psyches of “The Wibbles.” The viewer is invited into psychologically-charged artworks and is left to unpack their many delicate layers.