My work is about creating healing and harmony that reflects my community. I believe that art can minimize the
effects of illness using metaphors for healing. The work I do is very symbolic; such as nests signifying nurturing
and leaves and trees associated with seasonal transitions. The house thresholds are second chances. The
hands are the support we need in times of growth. The houses are extensions of ourselves as safe havens
and sanctuaries, and the figures are steeping out of the box breaking old patterns and emerging.

By layering people images within nature or neighborhoods, I want to describe the process of change within the
environments. I try to describe this transformation by integrating different media such as paint, collage, and
printmaking.