I am curious about the strange potential visual language has, in my case, a concoction of abstract and figurative forms, to communicate the quality of experience. My most recent work pulls incongruous imagery from a personal archive and attempts to puzzle out and resolve aspects of the composition through repetitious acts and variations on adjustment, removal, embellishment, and demolition in paint. In the studio, iterative and serial modes of making are integral to this work. My goal is to translate discoveries, ranging from daily quirks to life-long quibbles, into legible visual language, but often this feels like a mysterious encounter rather than clarity; like attempting to collapse the perceived distances between societal expectations and my authentic-self. Working in various modes like collage and drawing, while painting, provides opportunities to consider where attributes such as vulnerability, sensitivity and generosity intersect creative actions.