My paintings, sculptures, and books serve as navigational aids and remnants of processing life in the wake of sudden loss. These forms deepen my relationships with the living, the dead, and my determination to move through life familiar with its fragility.
Interweaving image transfer, ritual objects, and natural materials, I create associations for personal grief, love, and longing. On my daily walks, I take photos of graves, dead birds, coins as memorials, and discarded materials that I see as signs or signals. These random occurrences are like strings of constellations revealing a larger network of life. Constructions of nets, kites, and clouds are my anchors for these points of connection.
My work does not progress along a linear track. Rather, the work and my life progress within this unfolding network, where chance aids in determining the structure. Processes that drip, cast, meld, and wrinkle reflect the recognition that I ultimately do not have control over the timeline of my life. Centering mortality, death, and rituals guide me to move through my life in collaboration with my active dying and the dying of others.
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