statement
Have you ever been so afraid that when you tried to scream for help, no sound came out? It’s then that you realize any voice you thought you had, any voice that would help you belong in the world, was gone. You understand that you never actually had it at all.
My journey began with that silence. I realized that even if I wanted to, I could not articulate what I stood for, what I wanted, or how desperate I was to belong…to the world or even just to me.
And so I ask of myself, “What does it look like to be human?” More specifically, how might our fears get in the way of our own humanity and silence us? I strive for a clear, strong voice and hope, in the most ideal of situations, to help others find the same. My life and my work are about creating that voice, whether expressed by the spoken word in person, or with thin washes of oil applied in hundreds of layers to a canvas. I present that articulation of what it is to be me, and work to overcome the fear that threatens to silence us all.