Artist Statement

My work has been constantly evolving. With these changes, I have constantly been cycling through new media along with it. I create art centered on the fears, insecurities, and feelings that I have trouble expressing in other forms. Specifically, I explore body imagery, the ideas of being overwhelmed through various forms, and taking on themes of perception, self destruction, and the distortions of the body or body image.Through this exploration of fears and insecurities, I hope to better understand myself.I tend to choose specific imagery, often keeping it consistent between pieces: flowers, thorns, tears in the piece, and bodies that are either distorted or unnatural are all themes that I work with. Much of my process was born through experimentation, as that has been how I have learned to work with all of the materials I currently use.I generally start with loose sketches and planning to get a general idea of the form. After that initial planning, the rest of the process is left up to the results of experimentation. I tend to figure out the direction and details of a piece as I work through it. I have found that this has led to my most interesting pieces, so I tend to deliberately leave much of a piece open-ended when I originally plan in order to allow myself room to plan as I progress in the process of creating. 
Much of my earlier work has focused on armor, which initially arose as an accessory to a garment piece that was meant to look into ideas of how impractical armor can take on feelings of destruction and fears of being overwhelmed. This armor plays with forms that are restrictive and damaging for the wearer. I have also created a digital art piece in association with this theme, which evolved into the creation of comics and digital painting. These pieces included imagery of decay. I enjoy being able to add in elements of body horror that feel like they further the themes of creating a physical, fantastical form of the fears that reside in my mind. Although learning yet another new medium has its challenges, it has been something that I have enjoyed, and I hope to continue on this journey.

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