I create somatic, reflexive mixed‑media art rooted in ritual, nature, and any material that bears a mark. Reflexive art is conscious of its own making, its maker, and its context, integrating process and meaning as one. My work mirrors animating forces - identity, power, perception, sensation, and energy revealed through embodied, relational making. Engaging materials as collaborators, I invite viewers into a conscious relationship with complexity, presence, and the ongoing process of becoming.

As an intuitive empath, inspiration arrives spontaneously. It may emerge through a sudden dialogue with nature, or from a dream carrying a message so vivid that, in seeking its meaning, a work of art takes form. At times, ritual awakens an embodied impulse, like an urge that feels channeled, as though something beyond me is asking to be expressed. The art materials themselves speak and respond; a mark, a splash, or a shift in texture guides the process, and creation emerges.

As an inspiring artist in the mental health field (art therapist/counselor), the financial award would help me fund the fees associated with licensing, testing and further training. In addition, the money can help me to reduce the financial stress I feel from the student loan debt that I'm currently trying to pay off.