Not Like New is the largest piece I have personally made, and that scale was very intentional. I wanted to create a piece that represented my art as a whole at that current time, all while starting to explore more of where I wanted to take my art next. Much like a lot of my other work, this was a bit of self exploration. I gave myself a bit more liberty and freedom, with both my subject matter and the materials in which I depicted it, and just let the work dictate where to go next.

The unprimed canvas that this work sits on was a first for me, but it was something that I had wanted to explore for a multitude of reasons. After seeing an artist utilize this approach in a show I attended, the way that the pigment interacted with the surface struck a chord. While trying to create depth and space inside of my compositions, I often like to use texture - and unprimed canvas offered a brand new surface to create brand new textures. This is also a call back to my time in fashion design school. This same canvas material was something I utilized in a lot of my garments, both because of durability and aesthetic, and is still something I use today when creating my wearable work.

Not Like New depicts things that were influential in my earlier life, and things that I think about in the current. From the first Apple computer that I ever used - to the skyscraper I once saw myself inhabiting - to outer space, flowers, and the complexity that is not being an ass hole: this piece gets there and so much more. Inside of this composition, your eye just bounces from one image to the next, with no direction or purpose, much like thoughts do through my brain all day, every day.