Biography
I am a lesbian artist (mixed media painting, encaustic, installation, digital, intaglio, and neon) living and working in Tucson AZ and Austin TX. I make joyful 2D and installation art to address cruelty in the world. My work asserts that, even at this time, the ideals of tenderness and compassion serve as the foundation of a prosperous society.
I wouldn’t make the visual art that I do if I hadn’t studied poetry. I earned a BA in English at The University of California, Berkeley, and an MFA in poetry at St. Mary’s College, California. My undergraduate studies introduced me to art as an agent of social change, but poetry really taught me to think (allegorically, symbolically, metaphorically).
My work transcends boundaries between whimsical forms and critical ideas. I use traditional methods in one medium to create innovation in another, cross-purposing tools from printmaking, sculpture, painting, tailoring, and dentistry.
I create lighthearted environments in which to contemplate politically charged imagery – guns, rainbows, plant life and reproductive organs that can be read as male, female, or both. It is my hope that experiencing familiar impulses in new surroundings will educate our emotions and influence a comprehensive reconsideration of how we see the world, each other, and ourselves.
