Throughout becoming a young adult, transitioning from child to woman, I have realized that life moves on no matter what happens. Not for a moment does it stop. It's overwhelming and with that reality, comes loss. We feel this loss as we grow older and enter new stages of our life; loss on what could have been or what had happened. I was so moved by this immense feeling of loss that I decided to create a series of large-scale paintings to explore how the materiality of paint and color can bring about such feelings for the viewer, so that they too may relate and gain healing from the awareness that they are not alone in adversity.

Series: I bet on losing dogs

old friend
Micron pens 
Pet portrait of a childhood cat
2018

Baring my teeth
Digitally on Procreate
2024

lost in it 
Digitally on Procreate 
First creation working in a digital medium
2022

lead me through
Mixed media/Collage
Grieving someone who is still living
2022

Mourning
Mixed media
8" x 8"
Exploring the effects of chronic depression
2022

I see nothing out the window.
Oil Paint 
40" x 36"
Exploring trauma with parental figures
2023

I get mean when I'm nervous like a bad dog.
Digitally on Procreate
How anxiety can manifest into unhealthy habits
2024

Mixed Media

2024

leave all your loving behind you can't carry it with you if you want to survive
Oil Paint
54" x 72"
Homage to old childhood home
2024

look to me, it's no surprise 
Gouache 
24" x 30"
Exploring how the creation of art can heal childhood trauma
2024

Sometimes I take all the shine, talk like I drank all the wine
Oil Paint
36" x 52"
Exploring childhood trauma with parental figures
2024

didn't you know?
Mixed Media
25" x 20"
Motif of dogs repeating through works, meaning is deeply personal
2024

And the anger only blossomed
Digitally on procreate 
2024

It's time to move, isn't it?
Digitally on Procreate 
2024

Reborn thrift
Digitally on Procreate
Possible brand logo for resale clothing company 
2022

all seeing eye
Markers
2020

Under the influence
Digitally on Procreate 
2024