In this series of paintings I investigate memory, imagery, and feelings that draw from my experiences as a child living in a place that was not part of my parent's cultural heritage. My parents spoke endlessly about their German culture and traditions, meanwhile I was growing up in a different culture in Tuscany, Italy. I felt a contradiction between the two lifestyles. This complicated view of the world is, perhaps, what led me to express myself artistically.

The imagery that I use comes directly from my memories of the objects and the surroundings I had lived in for so many years: a "little world" within the real world. In my paintings I incorporate both cultures in which I struggled to grow. On one hand there are the images of the Tuscan culture, such as vessels, wheels, bricks, arches, vaults, and columns. On the other hand I use bold colors and assertive brush strokes to render the energy, the passion, and the strong feelings (both good and bad) of my German family.