The sketchbook is, I believe, the artist’s most valuable tool. It is a place of experimentation and exploration. In these pages my mind roams serenely and freely; each page is an amalgam of desires, dreams, memories, and curiosities. It is a way of bringing the imaginal to the physical. For someone with a variety of interests, the sketchbook is, for me, a point of convergence — a space for everything to intertwine. Nearly every painting of mine begins as a seed within these pages, and I use them very intentionally to explore the themes that interest me: art history, literature, botany, anatomy, metaphysical studies, naturalism, philosophy, and fantasy.