“Since women’s stories have historically gone untold, or our narratives dictated by male creators, it feels all the more important to me that I get out there and write, as well as support the work of other women.”
“I spent a long time in my early art making trying to find out what ‘my thing’ was and who I was as an artist. At first, I thought who I was as an artist had to be connected to being a womxn and I forced my way through that narrative. All of the pushing I did felt wrong, clumsy and heavy handed, so I stopped; which is when my work began to take form. I followed my material preferences, started to combine processes and began reading whatever interested me.”
“Jewelry is so wonderfully personal. It’s gifted and passed down, it symbolizes love or achievement. It’s saved up for, holds secret meaning. It takes on the shape of its wearer and it carries the scars and flaws gained during the time it’s worn. I think the transformation that jewelry goes through, and the meaning that it’s imbued with, is very romantic and can only happen if someone else possesses it.”
“I try not to compete. I think this system drives us all crazy and we have to protect ourselves. I experiment with different discourses. Like we have to resist, but what does the dramaturgy of resistance really look like? We can’t wear ourselves out. We have to be allies. We have to hold space. We have to protect one another.”
"Usually I am looking for water, unobstructed wild looking places akin to that childhood. Water bellies all, is us, makes us possible. And I am always looking for light. Seeking it. Doing light research. Waiting for it or the lack thereof."
“I love drawing and painting landscapes from memory or feeling, but I needed to communicate more than that after a while. I wanted to express what I couldn’t express with paint. It needed to be quick and easily shared. The shift happened in 2016 with the Presidential election. Suddenly everything felt more urgent.”