My previous series, Dressed, explored themes of isolation while also playing with pattern in abstract compositions. Inside/Outside continues that emotional focus while placing the subjects in more narrative, personal settings.

Although my work presents as portraiture, representing any individual likeness is not my primary concern. Instead, I focus on composition, lighting, and body position to suggest the internal state. Staging a piece typically involves directing the subject until their gesture and expression coalesce to evoke that interior space. As human beings, we gather in communities and thread our lives in intimate relationships with others. But as much as we seek and need those connections, we are each alone in our biological shells, universes unto ourselves. In my work, I strive to present a thematic mirror of that shared yet separate truth.