Experience the World of Art

I am descended from three generations of female artists. I am pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Art degree with the hope that I can bring my visions into fruition, giving a voice to feelings and thoughts to which we can all relate.  

Throughout my life, creativity has been a means of expression, an avenue for escape, and a strategy for financial management. As a lonely child, I was taught crochet and papercraft by my maternal grandmother. These pursuits kept me occupied and lost in my imagination when things were too loud or too quiet. Using cast-offs and crochet to create gave me a space that I could control and allowed me to have unique furnishings and accessories that nobody else had. My creative practice is deeply personal, as it connects me to my grandmother, to my past, to my late daughter, and to the shared experiences of women everywhere. My work combines traditional visual arts of painting, drawing, and sculpture with domestic arts like knitting, crochet, and baking. Incorporating kitchen tools in creative practice is my way of celebrating the ingenuity and perseverance that has carried society. Using discarded papers and labels is related to the frugality in which mothers engage, and a message about practicing better environmental stewardship.