My process begins in ritual. Journaling, meditation, and drawing help me settle into honesty before the first mark is made. The emotional entry point is rarely calm; I often start painting after grief, anger, or overwhelm has cracked something open. Creating becomes the way I stay in my body, and the slow, layered method grounds me.

Each painting is built through repeated acts of observation and adjustment. I think through every layer, stare for long stretches, and question every shift in texture, colour, or symbol. Mixed media allows for playfulness when the emotional weight is heavy, giving me room to move between control and surrender. My mixed media work combines pencil crayon, ink, acrylic paint, collage, and moulding materials.

Shadow work shapes the entire process, both emotionally and visually. Emotionally, it asks me to acknowledge the parts of myself I once avoided: anger, softness, grief, shame, fear, and the desire to feel whole. Visually, it emerges through literal shadows, houseplant silhouettes, overlooked details, and forms that slip in and out of focus. The act of layering becomes a practice of integrating what’s hidden, transforming discomfort into a visual language.

My work sits at the intersection of feminism, embodiment, and emotional restoration. I’m interested in how women hold complexity, how healing moves through the body, and how art can mirror the quiet parts of ourselves we are still learning to accept.

What may appear playful on the surface often comes from the effort to reclaim joy after losing it. These paintings are not about presenting a polished version of healing. They record the returning, the rebuilding, the moments of clarity that arrive after the hardest days.