Themes of restoration are the foundation of my practice. material inquiries start with re-purposed garments; sweaters, button-down shirts, gauze, thread and beeswax or paper, paint, ink, canvas, and charcoal.
Bees, beekeepers, and the drone sounds of hives are recurrent themes. My interest lies in illuminating spaces of loss. Not simply the weight of absence but the irrefutable beauty, depth, and love that remain when loved ones leave. how does loss bind grievers to unseen spirit realms?
I study Irish - a hereditary language - searching for words and phrases which articulate deeply embedded connections to the earth, each other, all of life, death, and an ever-present unseen spirit world.
I look to language and cultural restoration as methods for collective rethinking.
Ultimately my work is about disentangling from the limitations put upon us through the overlay of industrial-colonial systems.