Art as Action: Weaving Community, Memory, and Material
Artist Statement
As the world fractured again in 2016, my practice turned outward. Art became action—public, collective, and rooted in care. I created works that gathered people around shared gestures: a circle of offerings around a town fountain, an Anti-Hate mural painted with high school students after racist graffiti scarred their walls. These projects seek unity, not as ideal but as practice— a way of making together.
My current series, The Rose of Sharon, returns to the women who shaped me. Each becomes a flower—chosen by them or chosen by me— a portrait offered back as a gift. These paintings travel outward like seeds, carrying gratitude across the country.
Collaboration remains the ground of my work. In The Place Where They Gathered and Were Shaken, hand-dyed prayer flags form a labyrinth of shifting light. Every person who walks through it alters the piece, completing it through their presence.
Across all my work—personal, communal, or environmental—I follow the thread of connection. I gather what has been touched, weathered, or discarded, and shape it into spaces where people can pause, enter, and reflect.
My publications and community collaborations are listed at the bottom of the Bio page for further reference.
The Place Where They Gathered and Were Shaken, Acts 4:31
Rayon, Dye, Fishing Line
15′ x 15′
2016
