Artist Statement

I use my personal emotions and my understanding of femininity as inspirations throughout my work. These broad topics allow exploration of a wide variety of areas: life, death, mourning, memory, personal experiences, feminist topics, and gender. I find that feminine experiences can go unseen by many, and I like to introduce work relating to those experiences. In doing so, I feel I am giving a voice to the capabilities of the female body and the essence of being a woman.

I also focus on how my art makes people feel. During the creation of my works, I enjoy being able to explore my own emotions. I believe this personal connection can be seen and understood by my viewers in a way that enriches their own viewing experience. Often, my work provokes diverse types of emotions in viewers; this builds a connection between them and the work.

I use a variety of mediums and substrates to create paintings, sculptures, ceramics, mixed media pieces, and prints.  I mainly focus on abstract artwork because I believe this aesthetic gives the audience more interpretive leeway. I am heavily influenced by the well-known artists’ Van Gogh, Salvador Dali, and Pablo Picasso. I appreciate their abstraction, distortion, and color use, and I incorporate that into my imagery. In many of my pieces, color is what stands out most; I love to use color to convey a mood.  Additionally, I use imagery from nature and organic forms in my work.  I prefer an organic yet odd biomorphic abstraction in my art as if it has come from a different planet. I incorporate outlandish textures in my pieces that attract the audience.  I like to let my ideas fully form while making a piece, by reacting to the process as I go. Not having a set plan lets the piece form organically.