I move through making by using repetition as a conjoining tool. Needle and thread physically connect and repeat, while paint clings to the surface and color reverberates throughout the work.  

The softness of textiles and repeated pattern weave together an encounter with color and material that could mirror emotion, sensation, and nature. I use the color pink and scale of my work to contemplate emotions such as joy and shame, and their relationship to the body. Whether it is a radiating pattern that grows from a center point or a repeating grid that pulls the eye beneath its layers, the work threatens to absorb the body of the viewer.

I hope to bring attention to how material grows and settles in tandem with sensation and emotion in daily life. Just as feelings bloom, fester, or dissipate, so does the artwork.