My paintings and installations are a whirlwind of bright colors on canvas and fabric. Most days, I will tell you that vibrancy is about positivity and always looking for hope and goodness in the world, but some days it's about the futility and superficiality of it all. I love paradoxes; I find tranquility and beauty in humanity's inconsequence in the universe and am simultaneously fixated on subtle complexities. I explore this figuratively and abstractly in my work, balancing chaos and control, joy and sadness, and natural and fake by using bright neons amid grungy charcoal lines, gold leaf in haphazard chunks, and swirling brushstrokes bound by fragile lines of oil stick.
The stark distinction between surface portrayal and authentic emotional reality often exploited in social media warps our perception and fuels my curiosity about humans and all our oddities. For me, reality is somewhere in the intricate complexities and gray zones of chaos. This leaves my figures somewhat distorted or grotesque but painted with vibrant color and emotional expression. My work is a self-reflective, diaristic chronicle of my journey—unraveling my desires and pleasures while upholding expectations.
I aim to critique societal norms, challenge etiquette, and advocate for feminism by questioning the rules we put on ourselves and re-evaluating our quest for homeostasis and the ever-elusive "happiness." Where does the male gaze end and feminist sexual expression begin?
I find myself contemplating the fragility of infrastructure and, as a wife and mother, the isolation entrenched within the nuclear family concept and the futility of monogamy. But also the limitations of binary in our social and personal lives, the divisive nature of rigid logic, and the insatiable need for control. I seek answers to these questions in my personal life and echo them back to me in my paintings.