My life was recently uprooted by moving into a new house and rehabbing it with my family. The chaos of my environment reflected what I felt internally at the time — the disconnectedness of the human body after being violated. The drywall being smashed in, the carpet being torn up, the cabinets being ripped out describes the destruction of my femininity. The demolition, however, eventually leads to reconstruction. It leads to the process of loving myself again while being reconnected to the skin that I am in; it leads to my ability to trust others and to accept emotional support. 

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Besides emotional, physical supports and connections are needed when building a house: wood planks and joints, tape and mud, caulk. These materials depicted within my work mirror the connection that I am trying to make within myself, and I merge the two. The human figure is also a large part of my work, and I integrate that into the geometrical structures of a house. This not only brings about an interesting juxtaposition in terms of shape but gives personality to what would otherwise be inanimate. I emphasize certain parts of the figure pertaining to the context of each piece and render them multiple times to not only show time and movement; I emphasize labor and the extensive process of rebuilding. Most importantly, I aim for the viewer to feel the messiness of it all as I have.