Many of my happiest childhood memories took place by the sea with my two sisters and my father. Following his passing from cancer, I began to explore memory, joy, and grief with my artwork. I transform a combination of needle felted wool, and ceramic sculpture or colored pencil drawings into expressions of the softness and ephemerality of remembrance. Rather than transcribing my memories exactly through these mediums, I use surreal elements, contrasts in scale, and illustrative visualizations of the more fleeting aspects of them to respond to the impressions they leave on me. Pastel colors and low contrast create a dreamlike atmosphere, further signifying the intangible quality of what I aim to capture.

I revisit many oceanic motifs in my work, but most important is the form of the seashell paired with the human figure. A seashell is a many layered vessel, with a delicate coil of ever larger, interconnected chambers. Much like a human spirit holds memories, building one on top of the other, starting from the very smallest beginnings, the shell is built, cell by cell, in the same way. This process is reflected in the mediums I work in; all starting with an indefinite core or foundation, that grows shape and clarity as material or color is built up. Through these forms and processes, my work invites the viewer to consider the many layers of the people who inhabit the world around us and the experiences that have formed them.