"As a child, I was intrigued by Greek mythology and the 'larger than life' deities. In the early '90s, I was reintroduced to mythology and 'goddess theory,' and felt an immediate connection with the archetypes presented. I began investigating them in regard to my own personality, and the seed for a body of visual work was planted. Several years later, I read Whitney Otto's The Passion Dream Book, in which I was introduced to Madame Yevonde, a British photographer who used the goddess theme in her early-century portraits of society's elite. The concept of Yevonde's photographs hit me like a brick. I researched Yevonde's work, and decided to use tableau photography for my own project."