My work is an expression of my internal monologue. By intuitively placing my materials as I go, responding to whatever decision I previously made, I create these organic yarn sculptures that explode with energy that has longing to be released.  Through this process, I am able to create a physical space for my brain to play, releasing emotion in a way that can be visually relatable as well as healing for the viewer and artist.  My goal for my audience is to encourage soul exploration, whether it be mine, theirs, or ours entangled together.  I want to create a feeling that explodes outside of the artwork and reaches deeper than the eye viewing it.  The human brain requires moments of pause. I wish for my viewers to allow themselves a break to step into serenity and peace of mind through each encounter with my work. 

Immersing myself in nature, music and arts festival culture, dancing, traveling, art community, and art making allows me to take steps out of reality and drive my inspiration to create in the ways that i do. Pure bliss is hard to achieve, but my creative process helps me keep a the present mind that i need to find it.

The process through which i create my art allows my built up anxious thought to turn into energy that is released into a physical visual form that represents my journey to understanding tranquility of mind. Living in agreement with nature and daily asking myself “what do I want from this experience?” is a practice I explore in my art and life. I learned this process from studying stoicism, a philosophy that encourages maximizing positive emotions rather than negative ones, allowing one to find their virtues of character. This has helped me ground myself and feel more connected to my artwork and the world I live in. Dwelling on or ignoring the build up of negativity, self doubt, and anxious thought grinds away the soul. Suppression became my unwanted friend for years, unfortunately leading to emotions getting buried beneath layers self doubt. The process and creation of each work that I produce represents a release of those buried emotions, and the difficult journey of embracing a virtuous spirit, a journey I am still on today. My work becomes a physical and spiritual form representing the euphoric sensation I receive from the moments in which I am able to step out of the chaos of life and experience bliss.

Through carefully picked out color schemes and manipulation of yarn, these sculptures allow me to communicate the clarity I feel when I am able to break free from chaos of life and allow my mind to silence.  In the moments of disarray, I am able to find peace in the eccentric, the simple, and the precious moments of life. Bliss is a feeling that many people strive for, but rarely get to experience. My work, and the process that goes along with it, has become part of, and now helps represent, my bliss, something I hope everyone is able to eventually experience more of.