mending, 2022-23

Bringing past and present together through intentionally assembled and organized botanicals, found imagery, bold imaginative colors, and additive and subtractive marks.  The imagery is specific to the objects, people, and historical context they bare. These works focus on layering, not hiding, and invite us to engage with these raw, incomplete stories of healing. 
The process of these works features a play of positive and negative space, thoughtfully deciding on which pieces fit together and are allowed the privilege of sharing space with abstract shapes and translucent or opaque windows. 

uncovering the past, layered imagery from National Geographic article about Black scuba divers and scientists uncovering sunken slave ships. 

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garfield diptych

12 x 12" each
acrylic on cradled wood
inspired by botanicals found in the Garfield Park Conservatory
2022

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desert room diptych

8 x 8" each
​acrylic on cradled wood
inspired by botanicals found in the Garfield Park Conservatory
​​private collection
2022

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tropic bird series no. 1-4

6 x 6" each
acrylic on cradled wood
imagery from National Geographic, 1978, tropical birds
​2023

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conservatory series no. 1-5

4 x 5" each
acrylic on wood with gold leaf edging
inspired by botanicals found in the Garfield Park Conservatory
​2023

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conservatory triptych

4 x 5" each
acrylic and gold leaf on wood
inspired by botanicals found in the Garfield Park Conservatory
​​​private collection
​2023

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uncovering the past

diptych
​6 x 12" each
acrylic on wood
imagery from National Geographic 2023, Black scuba divers/scientists uncovering sunken slave ships.
2023

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embrace (conservatory diptych no. 2)

diptych
​12 x 12" each
acrylic on cradled wood
inspired by botanicals found in the Garfield Park Conservatory
Private collection
​2023