What is the sign of a prophet?

As an artist, I am captivated by the intersection of the physical and spiritual worlds. My work explores the desire to justify lived experience with heartfelt faith. Whether through reimagining familiar stories or representing the act of receiving direct inspiration, my prints capture the strain or contentedness that comes with discovering truth.

I see prophesy as parallel to the act of creation, bringing something into the physical world from a source that exists above or outside this phenomenal plane. Artists are the present-day tellers of truth. Like the prophets of old, this ability to know and share truth places artists outside of society.  In my images of saints and prophets I am exploring this idea of otherness, of being set apart. I am asking,

“How is it that someone receives access to spiritual truth?”

“How does it feel?”

“Who else experienced this?”

“Is this good?”

I represent the supernatural communication of truth as burning coal. The figures in my work have access to it, but do not themselves control the power of the flame.

Ultimately, my goal as a printmaker is to create images that resonate with viewers on a spiritual and emotional level. Whether it’s through the graceful lines of a bird or the knowing gaze of a saint, I hope to create works that are both deeply personal and universally relatable.