My parents owned a small construction company called WEDLON Inc, an acronym for Work-Every-Day-for-Little-Or-Nothing. We moved regularly, following the work. As a child, I learned to link identity with work and accept the insecurity that this brought. The connection of labor to creation is carried into my artwork. I build my pieces slowly over many months. Even small drawings are repeatedly built-up, sanded, and collaged until their fragile existence feels inevitable. My current work consists of large monochromatic drawings and wall sculptures built from the accumulation of lines of paint and graphite, small pieces of wood stapled together, or plaster blocks. I base my forms on figures in historical paintings and drawings. I am interested in the idea that the work's emotional content can come through the labor of making and can exist without the obvious figurative narrative.