Creating art is an escape from reality. I am interested in the sensuality and symbolism of costumes and disguises. The images of corsets play with sexuality and feminine identity.

Stemming from a theme running through many Dutch paintings of domestic women, my work plays with the idea that a birdcage could symbolize a woman’s sexuality. Whether the bird was flying about the room or securely locked in its cage suggested the promiscuity or the virtuousness of the domestic female respectively.

Inspired by optical toys, such as the stereoscope, thaumatrope, and kaleidoscope, much of my work is interactive in a voyeuristic way. I want my work to flirt with the viewer.