Artist Statement

As a child, I loved words and stories with animals that showed up as friends, teachers, and confidants. I wanted to write stories like these. So it is a trickster’s twist that I tell stories with unspoken words and silent sculptures that weave a visual tapestry, a fantastical narrative of animals and female figures depicting my inner and outer life, both intimate and universal.

My earlier work referenced the human need for inner and outer comfort. I created from daemons good and mischievous that I carried from childhood. I worked in clay, which itself tells a story of transformation on a molecular level - from malleable and unstructured to solid, concrete form. I wished to speak obtusely of the loneliness of a young girl, of the human condition, seeking the sacred ground of authenticity.

As if confronting a frightening pursuer in a dream and demanding, “What do you want!?”, I emerged with a willingness to give voice to realities that otherwise may remain unspoken, or not spoken of enough. Having communed with daemons, my work attempts to speak of vulnerable populations, both human and non-human, in a changing personal, environmental, and political landscape.

Towards that end, I cast plaster bandages onto women and mixed media, sometimes incorporating clay. My work often incorporates animals and archetypes, indicating a bigger story beneath a seemingly simple one. I use these elements strategically to take myself and the viewer closer to an edge of consciousness, allowing a deeper level of connection to the narrative.