When I was five years old, in elementary school, I drew a sun wearing sunglasses in the corner of my paper. I thought it was perhaps the best thing I had ever created, and I proudly turned it in. My teacher told me, “The sun does not wear sunglasses”, and I felt a burning hot fire in my body. I wanted to say, “Obviously, that’s the joke, and it’s super funny, and it looks awesome.” but I succumbed to her criticism and drew over it.

Through my process of intuitive abstraction, I explore conversations of the mind, body, soul, and other subjects such as femininity, relationships, sex, love, and pain.
For this series I use graphite, charcoal, marker, acrylic paint, spray paint, ink, lipstick, and nail polish, and other materials.

My goal in creating my work is to let go of my thoughts, listen to my body, and trust my soul. Being vulnerable with the universe, I am embracing my femininity. Symbols and doodles of my childhood are hugged. Hearts, stars, dots, moles, freckles, blood, cherries, fruit, roses, flowers, giddiness, crushes, cursive, devotion, kisses, tears. Pure elements in helping me love myself and also accepting and reflecting in my emotional pain.

The easiest way for me to do this is to create an environment in which I am totally secure, comfortable and able to flow.
I hope that within my pursuit of expressing myself, others can find comfort, love, and understanding in my pieces.