Artist statement:
"Mine is a practice interested in the deep spiritual connection of the feminine experience and the natural world. While exploring the varied evolution of the individual woman’s journey, I utilize repetition and symbols from past matriarchal cultures to honor the resilience of the collective whole. Throughout my work, the language of motherhood is used to deconstruct society’s held value and treatment of women and the work of care, especially within two of our cultures most highly valued realms : religion and capitalism.
Methodically crafted pieces echo the unceasing rhythms of care, posing the questions : Is the value that we assign the work different depending on who is providing or receiving the care? What are the variables that make one act holy and another simply the day’s duty? At which point does routine become ritual? At which point does our caring become sacred? Can the work of caring for another individual be quantified?It seems we do not have to assign value if we consider a resource to be expendable. Our survival is contingent upon the nurture that we receive from the earth and one another yet we’ve grown accustomed to extracting what is necessary without reciprocating"
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