Technology marches through our human landscape; it connects us and alienates us at the same time. Even though it is our own creation, technology is ambivalent to us and to the human stories unfolding around it. In my work I focus on these stories, taking place in this landscape.

Raymond Chandler once said, "You can never know too much about the shadow line and the people who walk it." I believe that we all walk this line, in the shadows cast by the machinery of the modern age.

I work in scratchboard, starting with a white clay-coated board, covered with black ink. Fine knives are used to delicately scrape the ink away, creating the image. Working in black and white, I leave it to the viewer to fill in the colors, as well as the emotions, motivations and stories of the characters within.

My work is also influenced by a specific technology: cinema. Each piece is like a single frame from a movie, giving no real clue as to what has and will take place.