I am a fine arts major and I was able to  travel to Brittany, France, to visit religious structures and study them from a non-religious point of view. I participated in the Art in the Chapels tour of cathedrals, which invites contemporary artists to create site-specific installation works within the confines of 15th and 16th century chapels. I was able to visit chapels, took photographs and sketched landscapes.

Being immersed in a rural landscape had a real impact on my life and work. I was overwhelmed by the scale and power of the environment I was in. I felt that most when I visited a chapel called St. Gildas. It was built underneath a boulder on a hill. It stood at a slanting, towering position forward, and I felt like it was going to overcome me like a huge wave.

I hope to apply this compelling sensation to my paintings – create that same awareness for the viewer and make them consider their boundaries of fear and pleasure.