The work I create is heavily influenced by the darkest experiences in my life. The themes that are prominent in my work are death, family, memory, the environment, grief, suicide, birth, cultural analysis, the cosmos, orchids, and gender identity. A major impact on my artmaking was the suicide of my dear niece who I was very close with. Her tragic death has caused me to rethink many of the mundane parts of life and think about myself in the world more introspectively. Who do I want to be and how can I help others avoid the destructive experiences I have had? I struggle with basic human interaction however I have been blessed with a rich internal world that allows for me to have a vivid well of inspiration to pull from for my art. My work comes in many different mediums as I am a multidisciplinary artist. I work with ceramics, textile weaving, painting, photography, sewing, beading, quilting, soft sculpture, costume design, and printmaking. The significance of art in my life is the ability to process events I struggle to talk about while also making something dark and cute. I love to analyze culture and why humans create relics and artifacts and how I can translate current events into a rich cultural object that truly means something. Without creation in my life I would have been in a much darker place than I am in now. We cannot afford to forget the value of art, life is too fragile.