Artist Statement

My paintings serve as a vessel for self-exploration, uncovering my past, reflecting on my present, and searching for the threads that define me. My experiences with love, grief, and regret form the foundation of my work. Each of which are put on display and connected to one another. I mourn not only those I have lost to time but also the versions of myself that no longer exist. Regret lingers in certain moments, inescapable fragments of my being - like a stone lodged within my mind, immovable, ripping apart each connection and fabric of my identity.

In a quest for comfort, I look to reconnect with these remnants of myself. Often, the edge of a memory seems incomprehensible. Recollections cut off where my mind fails, their absence leaves gaps that ripples through not only objects, but my body as well. The body is interrupted by each moment that refuses to release me, shaping my existence. Yet, I deconstruct myself, removing and rearranging fragments, layering new experiences with the old – each one revealing how these moments connect. The pathways between my works adapt and shift, as I uncover parts and connections that hold onto my body, shape my being, make me who I am, and allow myself to be whole. I long to understand who I am and who I will become, my work exposes this search, leaving me on display for all those who choose to look. My work is a living archive in which my works record every touch, every loss, and every moment of tenderness.

Through my work, I cover myself with woven connections of safety and intimacy. Protecting myself with these connections; in hopes to be able to cover the shame, fear, and moments that never leave me. I wish to wrap myself in the curtains of the home I grew up in, or retreat into the folds of my bed sheets. To hide away in the fabric of my life, shielding myself from every second or every whisper that has the ability to wound me. Yet, through my art, I cannot hide. The body remains, and so does everything it carries.