I am an interdisciplinary artist moving between drawing, painting, and printmaking to audio-documentaries, interactive community art projects, and multimedia video installations. I believe art is from the people, not handed down by an elite group in a white box. My work is accessible to everyone: on the radio, the walls, the street, in galleries, or as an interactive community project.
I combine traditional craft supplies with “high art” materials while assigning no hierarchical structure. I use drawing and painting to communicate narrative. I use block printing for the repetition and distinct feel. I combine these mediums in my stop-motion and digital animation, and further manipulate them to create more complex visual effects. I use projection in my installations to immerse the audience in a collective experience. My imagery focuses on the female figure (trans inclusive) and is presented both representationally and stylized, and are often posed in vulnerable and powerful positions. My color palette is influenced by dying plants with muted yellows, deeps violets, cool greens, and magenta. My visual language also includes bones, birds, spirals, hands, and anatomical hearts.
I examine the complex relationships between ourselves and our environments, focusing on the tenderness and fragility of survival. These relationships may be in nature or in this modern capitalist society. My work questions the biproducts of American capitalism, such as mass incarceration, gender expectations, and our ever-tenuous modern relationship with the land. With my art I show perspectives that are sometimes ignored or lost. I record our tender existence.