What does it mean to be the idealized nuclear family in America, and is that an attainable reality? I reference my family home in my work to actively question what is unwatched and unguarded in order to remove the veil of public roles like mother, father and child and allow for a deeper truthfulness to emerge. I aim to capture everyday moments of the suburban family home where we operate within and contradict existing social conventions. I use painting to interpret and distort these moments through warped perspective and time which mirror the dissonance of what is expected compared to what is actually there. My intention is to guide the viewer into questioning their own interpersonal dynamics and ultimately discover what their expectations around those relationships reveal about themselves.