700 yards of red thread………………………………………………………………………………14.85

Designer Clothes…………………………………………………………………………………….2,453.14

Callused finger tips with multiple puncture wounds………………………………..Priceless

The external manifestation of internalized emotions: cutting, pinning, stretching and sewing fabrics together, the process calluses the tips of my fingers reflecting my heart after my surreal journey. Anchoring the Fabric over a topographical map created from my recycled materials express the tension my individuality feels as it stretches and adapts over each ridge and valley. Each textile I use is charged with good, bad and ugly memories. Using labels and pockets from clothes I convey the labels we take from others and what we choose to carry with us. Sewing these fabrics together speaks to my own meticulous nature. The individual islands mark different chapter of my life, perhaps unconnected at first, brought together into a larger picture over time. My paintings become reflections of personal development, and the impact of intimate relationships on identity. The irregular format, the play with color and tension in the fabrics, conveys my own abstract understanding of life and the path we take.

Many of my concerns deal with battling the idea of myself viewing other individuals as a commodified object. By Repurposing my old clothes I attempt to reclaim the idea of judging based upon surface appearance. Speaking to the depth held behind our individual fabricated shells.