​​Statement

Through abstract painting, I blend psychological and bodily landscapes with geographical terrains to draw attention to our codependence, fragility, mortality, and resilience. Beginning in my neighbourhood, kitchen, and garden; I grow and gather vegetable matter, plants, sediments, and flowers to create natural pigments. In the studio, I soak, boil, and press these materials into my canvases to release their colours. Combining fibre art and printmaking processes with natural and synthetic dyes, I create repeating patterns and forms which echo across each canvas. Mimicking earthly, celestial, and animal bodies, these prints inform how each composition is finalized using oil and acrylic paint materials. The process of creating paintings allows me to explore the dance between chaos and control, what it means to be a living, breathing, feeling animal in a rapidly changing environment, and ways to care for myself and others around me.