Artist Statement

I am a multidisciplinary artist, born and raised in St. Louis. I work across printmaking, textiles, painting, and digital media to explore themes of memory, identity, faith, and transformation. My practice is rooted in personal history and black cultural memory. I often draw from lived experience and communal iconography to honor what is overlooked or dismissed. I work fluidly across print mediums(intaglio, silkscreen, lithography, and relief) interwoven with collaged and stitched textiles, painted surfaces, and digital illustration. Layering is central to my process, not only as a visual strategy but as a metaphor for the emotional and spiritual weight we carry. The buildup of texture and materials reflects the complexity of healing, resilience, and navigating internal battles that often remain unseen. My work often involves younger and older versions of myself in conversation, using these dualities to examine how chronic illness, faith, and urban black childhood shape the evolving self. I return to spaces like housing projects, porches, and exam rooms;not as static memories but as environments charged with reflection and reclamation. I create to bear witness;to grief and grit, the sacred and the fractured. My work engages contemporary conversations around Black womanhood, mental health, invisibility, and self-definition. At its core, my practice is devotional;anchored in truth-telling, layering, and the belief that art can hold space for what we survive and what we dream.