artist statement

My artistic practice centers on material and etheric exploration as a means of making neurodivergence, inclusion, and ecological awareness visible within shared civic spaces. Rooted in my lived experience as a neurodivergent mother raising neurodivergent children, my work emerges from the daily navigation of difference, perception, advocacy, and belonging. These realities are not abstract concepts in my practice; they are embodied, structural, and social forces that guide both process and form.

I work across internal and external planes—personal and collective, intimate and monumental—creating sculptures and installations designed for public viewing in both indoor and outdoor environments. My process begins with presence and connection. I unite with the elements—earth, air, water, fire. I go outdoors—walk, observe, breathe, and gather what the earth has released. I collect discarded remnants, human-made debris. My work links natural, artificial and the released to reflect the interconnected systems we inhabit.

Metalwork has become an increasingly central component of my practice. Fire and heat transform raw material into sculptural form, allowing weight, scale, and surface to carry meaning. I create works intended to evolve through exposure, time, and interaction with conceptual meaning to create space for expanded perspectives. In my realm, fire functions as both a literal and symbolic force: a catalyst for transformation, resilience, and renewal.

Movement and embodiment guide my making. Through flowing, feeling-based yogic practice, I access a state of attunement that allows intuition, emotion, and intellect to align. This embodied awareness translates into sculptural gestures that privilege balance, tension, repetition, and rhythm—qualities that echo both natural cycles and human systems. I work intuitively, allowing texture, scale, form, and spatial relationships to guide each decision.

My public works and installations invite viewers into moments of pause, reflection, and connection. I aim to honor diverse ways of being, and create accessible points of engagement. Ultimately, my work exists within many spectrums: neurodivergence, motherhood, materiality, the ecological, and elemental. In this dimension, there is resilience, reverence, and collective understanding.