Original Mixed Media Piece

9" x 12" (framed)

Cotton, acrylic, sequins, embroidery, and felt on paper

2022

This body of work is about the transient nature of human existence. It is about life, love, hope, transformation, and (eventually) our ends. I wanted the figures in this series to be made of cloud and vapor, so that they could be anyone. They could be you, or me, or the ghosts of who used to be. 

Here's a poem I wrote to encapsulate the series:

there were days

when we worshipped the stars

our bodies like smoke

rising

from the ashes of our lives

intertwined

and

b r i e f