Visual Diary Series (Manifestations of Chronic Pain) 2023-present
What animal would you choose to represent chronic pain?
Can we make friends with our pain?
How do we grieve the loss of a functioning body?
In 2019 I was diagnosed with two autoimmune diseases, one of which often cripples and blinds the body over time, the other causes chronic pain and fatigue. Through a lens of exaggeration and humor, these portraits explore the idea of disability, deformity, loss of sight, anxiety, chronic pain, and ultimately acceptance.
Taming the Titties series 2023-present
When I was in high school a friend asked me if there was anything I would change about my body. Without hesitation I said “I’d cut off my boobs!”
Since a young age I have had a love/hate relationship with my breasts. This body of work explores my relationship with this iconic body part that is synonymous with feminine beauty, yet has been a lifelong annoyance. They sweat, they itch, they ache, they bounce, they dangle, they swell, yet they have also fed my children and been the object of wanted desire. They can become diseased and kill their women, while also being fetishized and coveted. People add fake ones to their bodies and some people remove them completely. These disembodied portraits explore my relationship with these infamous flaps of flesh.
Since a young age I have had a love/hate relationship with my breasts. This body of work explores my relationship with this iconic body part that is synonymous with feminine beauty, yet has been a lifelong annoyance. They sweat, they itch, they ache, they bounce, they dangle, they swell, yet they have also fed my children and been the object of wanted desire. They can become diseased and kill their women, while also being fetishized and coveted. People add fake ones to their bodies and some people remove them completely. These disembodied portraits explore my relationship with these infamous flaps of flesh.