A raw egg hanging from a tree branch, a minivan set on fire, rainbow figures huddled around a birthday cake — my large scale oil paintings address traumatic memory and recovery through compositions that intertwine personal symbolism and self portraiture, spawning vibrant and fantastical worlds. To create more interactive environments, my paintings have transformed into three-dimensional form through ceramic installations, sculpture, improvisational dance performance, and multi-disciplinary murals. Inspired by how traumatic stress causes the brain to collage fragments of memory, my work reflects my emotional process — unraveling repressed memories and contemplating what could be — often set within the dimension of the childhood home I fled from.
