My paintings show scenes of people at rest in spaces that feel at once real and unreal, safe and unsafe. The curtains show that one should have a heightened awareness, that something is happening or about to happen, making us wonder if what we are seeing is real or a performance. The books hold secret knowledge, offering the figures the information they need for what is ahead and in front of them. The chairs and beds are containers, wombs, objects that protect from the dangers that threaten the space on the same plane. The exterior threats are the natural disasters that have always haunted humans—the threats that appear over and over in Bible stories and in our nightmares—storms, fires, floods. Sometimes God’s hands or an angel appear, though it is uncertain if help will be given.