Exhibitions

My art reflects how I navigate the realms of contemporary art through a profound exploration of self-discovery and the collective consciousness of humanity. Being an artist has always been part of my life, especially being raised by a mother who was a gallery director and artist/oil painter. My artistic journey underwent a transformative shift prompted by my cancer diagnosis in 2015. I started documenting this indelible journey with my art from the moment of discovery to even today. By incorporating the emotions I have experienced; from the discovery of cancer, through the treatments, and now as a survivor I am able to express diverging themes of spirituality, femininity, rage, sex, even gratitude into my art. With the raku firing process, I paint with fire, I find that the smoke’s blackened surface on the exposed ceramic material emphasizes the power and drama of the emotion. The glazes produce a broad spectrum of color, while the high heat and reduction process create metallic or white crackle effects that are captivating. The digital aspect of my art is seamlessly integrated with the physical art with digital elements, using augmented reality to further tell my story with other 3d objects or animation to create an immersive experience.

What happens between the time we take our last breath to arrive at our final destination? This is the fundamental question that informs my work. For me, the grieving process is crafted into something visual. Creating imaginative answers to the questions; “is there an afterlife, and what does it look like?” I became interested in this subject at a younger age, but it wasn’t until I was deeply affected by a series of sudden losses that my work emerged with a new intention.

With this new intention came new materials that craft these in-between bodies. Those elements become part of my dialogue–texturing parts of the figure, resembling a torn body, preparing scars, enabling light to peek through, and exposing the energy. While I use physical materials, the figures are spiritual and represent their existence.

I work on burlap, layering Limestone plaster with stains and acrylics while occasionally applying metal leaf. At times, the work is burned in places as an act of letting go of what once was. The burlap becomes a layered tapestry, rich with earthy color and ash. It is attached to a simple piece of wood at the top or hung with rope to found driftwood. This gives the work an anchor. My work shifts the viewer’s viewpoint to engage in an alternative thought process and introduces them to figures, not of this world but perhaps of an “in-between” world. My works represent a spirit forming, traveling to its final destination–shedding all its earthly worries and carrying its newfound inner light.