As a duly designated representative of the City, County and State of New York, I order you to cease any and all supernatural activity and return forthwith to your place of origin or to the nearest convenient parallel dimension. --Dr. Raymond Stantz, Ghostbusters “I want to talk about my relationship with my estranged sister.” When Regan (name changed) heard about Memory Boxes, she immediately knew what story she wanted to tell. What happens when the person you look up to starts talking down...

I do commissions for people who have a story to tell and don’t know what they want the art to look like. You come to me when you want to make sense of something significant in your life and you’re not quite sure how. Your job is to tell me a story, and my job is to extract the core of your story and transform it into something visual. “Women in Vegas have no heads and no legs.” Reader, I didn’t have any more context than you when I heard that sentence, so I just had to sit there in silence...

Amid all the other busyness of last winter, some friends approached me about a commission. The gist of their request was “Behold the distressingly empty walls in this house. We love your work. Pitch us something.” and they gave me a budget. In this case, I know the family well, and I have a good idea of what gets them excited about life, so I was eager to take this on. Some artists will paint anything you want. My commissions are a little different. I’ll paint your story. So let's talk about...