Smaller Series
Dysmorphic Portraits
Self-portraits drawn during moments of intense anxiety where facial dysmorphia was present. Portraits were drawn on materials that were close during these anxiety episodes. The style of the art as well as the dysmorphia reflects the severity of the mental state of the artist.
The Divining
A series of illustrations centered on the repeated visual imagery and symbols that form a narrative when the pieces are placed together. Each image is drawn in graphite before being covered with wax paper inscribed with prose written in the Deseret Alphabet.
Eating Disorder Studies
My work explores eating disorders through multiple perspectives, reflecting the fragmented and often conflicting narratives found online. Using a range of styles and mediums, it examines the societal, psychological, and physical dimensions of these disorders, expressing themes of pain, fear, insecurity, and the desire to disappear. References to medical realities and “thinspiration” culture, alongside elements like notes, articles, and blog excerpts, mimic the competing voices surrounding the issue. The pieces both contrast and connect, with some echoing harmful idealization while others confront its consequences, mirroring the contradictions within digital spaces and the eating disorder community itself.
Disappearing Series
This series is multilayered, discussing the desire to disappear that many people with eating disorders experience. It explores the desire to lose weight and allow perfection, in this case in the form of bones, to show through. This series also alludes to death and how those with eating disorders, in the end, will only be happy when they weigh nothing. By breaking the body down into parts and focusing on perfecting each in its turn, people with eating disorders believe that the sum of “perfect” parts will equate to a perfect whole. This skewed view on beauty and perfection is something I want the viewer to experience and find pleasure in. More specifically, I want the viewer to feel the seduction of these images, the presence of them, and to find this subject relatable in some form.
Reclaiming Self
This collection of work explores the process of deconstructing long-held beliefs and rebuilding a sense of self in the aftermath. Drawing on personal experience with Mormonism, it examines the tension between inherited teachings, family roles, and personal truth, particularly in the context of motherhood and relationships with my daughters.
Through mixed media, watercolor, gouache, and photographic assemblages, the works navigate grief, questioning, and transformation, using symbolic and narrative imagery to reflect on spiritual inquiry and domestic life. Ritual, scripture, and familial archetypes are revisited and reinterpreted, creating a space where personal history, memory, and identity intersect.
Ultimately, the series is about reckoning with the past, embracing autonomy, and finding new ways to relate to family, belief, and self. It invites viewers to witness the process of letting go, reconstructing meaning, and claiming one’s own path.
