When I moved to South Carolina in 2008 I fell into a very deep 5 year existential depression. I didn’t have the right resources to get through a big change like moving at a young age. I was very anxious and scared a lot of the time. I 􀃚nally had to understand that not everyone will accept who you are head on. It was a period for me that I didn’t know myself at all and I was trying to learn about who I am in a place that would suppress a lot of what I wanted to express. So that led to a lot of philosophical questioning…lots of Sartre. I started to question my identity and my body and developed depersonalization. I felt that my body was more of something I was renting….or something that was given to me. I felt like I was placed in this world and didn’t know why and I didn’t like that I had to be okay with that. Basically it was a time of too many questions and very little answers. So all of this to say, the meaning behind the colors runs very deep. I think my work may come o􀃙 as very happy, which it is, but to me it still has uncomfortable undertones which comes from that part of my life. The colors are me pushing away all of that negativity and heavy thinking. This is me now promoting that light playfulness in my life. It’s me knowing and accepting myself more, moving on from all of that, and just feeling better and creating. I think the most important thing that I want people to take from my work is that good things come from bad times. It was a huge lesson for me that I’m constantly learning over and over again. Taking responsibility of who I am and knowing how I react to adversity will be what determines how I feel about it and heal from it. I learned how to trust myself and it’s all because I was in super super uncomfortable positions. So that’s what I would want people to understand…and that you can get through and handle more than you think you can. Through my work I learned to not care what others think of you, that there is power in your imagination, and just to jump into what you love. That’s what I feel my work embodies to me personally.

When I moved to South Carolina in 2008 I fell into a very deep 5 year existential depression. I didn’t have the right resources to get through a big change like moving at a young age. I was very anxious and scared a lot of the time. I 􀃚nally had to understand that not everyone will accept who you are head on. It was a period for me that I didn’t know myself at all and I was trying to learn about who I am in a place that would suppress a lot of what I wanted to express. So that led to a lot of philosophical questioning…lots of Sartre. I started to question my identity and my body and developed depersonalization. I felt that my body was more of something I was renting….or something that was given to me. I felt like I was placed in this world and didn’t know why and I didn’t like that I had to be okay with that. Basically it was a time of too many questions and very little answers. So all of this to say, the meaning behind the colors runs very deep. I think my work may come o􀃙 as very happy, which it is, but to me it still has uncomfortable undertones which comes from that part of my life. The colors are me pushing away all of that negativity and heavy thinking. This is me now promoting that light playfulness in my life. It’s me knowing and accepting myself more, moving on from all of that, and just feeling better and creating. I think the most important thing that I want people to take from my work is that good things come from bad times. It was a huge lesson for me that I’m constantly learning over and over again. Taking responsibility of who I am and knowing how I react to adversity will be what determines how I feel about it and heal from it. I learned how to trust myself and it’s all because I was in super super uncomfortable positions. So that’s what I would want people to understand…and that you can get through and handle more than you think you can. Through my work I learned to not care what others think of you, that there is power in your imagination, and just to jump into what you love. That’s what I feel my work embodies to me personally..

When I moved to South Carolina in 2008 I fell into a very deep 5 year existential depression. I didn’t have the right resources to get through a big change like moving at a young age. I was very anxious and scared a lot of the time. I 􀃚nally had to understand that not everyone will accept who you are head on. It was a period for me that I didn’t know myself at all and I was trying to learn about who I am in a place that would suppress a lot of what I wanted to express. So that led to a lot of philosophical questioning…lots of Sartre. I started to question my identity and my body and developed depersonalization. I felt that my body was more of something I was renting….or something that was given to me. I felt like I was placed in this world and didn’t know why and I didn’t like that I had to be okay with that. Basically it was a time of too many questions and very little answers. So all of this to say, the meaning behind the colors runs very deep. I think my work may come o􀃙 as very happy, which it is, but to me it still has uncomfortable undertones which comes from that part of my life. The colors are me pushing away all of that negativity and heavy thinking. This is me now promoting that light playfulness in my life. It’s me knowing and accepting myself more, moving on from all of that, and just feeling better and creating. I think the most important thing that I want people to take from my work is that good things come from bad times. It was a huge lesson for me that I’m constantly learning over and over again. Taking responsibility of who I am and knowing how I react to adversity will be what determines how I feel about it and heal from it. I learned how to trust myself and it’s all because I was in super super uncomfortable positions. So that’s what I would want people to understand…and that you can get through and handle more than you think you can. Through my work I learned to not care what others think of you, that there is power in your imagination, and just to jump into what you love. That’s what I feel my work embodies to me personally..