Welcome
plants ⋒ paintings ⋒ and the elements for tending bodies and spirits.
The human body as a place, the body viewed as land and water, and the liberation of all three from colonizing forces. I have come to experience care, care giving to self and others, as an integral force in this liberation.
Art
The human, animate stone-like forms I paint came to me in a dream, and I think of them as a language I can use to paint without the confines of hetero-normative identity, ethnicity, class, or historical context. These are forms that liberate me from all of those constraints, forms that hold space for wound healing. This work centers around the human body as land and water, and their liberation from colonizing forces. My paintings are also about caregiving because caregiving is an integral force in this liberation.
Plant Allies
When working with plants for body care it is miraculous to discover that they support you in the physical realm (tissues, organs, fluids), they support you in the energetic realm (emotion, tension), and they support you in the spirit realm (connection, belonging).