STATEMENT

I am a painter. To me, identity is an evolving narrative influenced by loss. Grief is part of identity and through the use of self-portraiture, I can convey the narrative of my grief and my work becomes a means of reclaiming. 

My work is cathartic and made to mirror the process of mourning. I have a fascination with the body and the subtle ways it can convey grief. My paintings are a rumination through layers of paint and precise brushwork. I view my work as an act of obsession which makes it extremely personal and sometimes taxing. I find myself reliving and evaluating my past with carnal abuse while creating my work causing the outcome to be hard to recount while also being liberating. I am not known to be a vulnerable person, and stay reserved in many ways and my process allows me to be vulnerable and speak without words.

I aim to contradict beauty, honesty, strength, and vulnerability. My goal with my paintings is to invite the viewer to reflect on their embodied experiences and how identity is shaped by love, loss, and the search for resolution.