My Story
My current body of work is a significant shift from my previous art. Beginning in the summer of 2021, I began abstract intuitive painting in order to help me process difficult emotions that I had buried for many years, and to express the various aspects of my spiritual crisis. As the year went on, I continued to turn to painting as my marriage fell apart and we separated. The next few years for me were a time of darkness, divorce, loss of identity, crippling depression and feeling like I was being burned to ashes. More recently I have felt a lift in the heaviness of the past few years, and I am painting about healing, hope for my future and coming out of my chrysalis.
The images below are from my current solo art show at Central Art Gallery in Medford, Oregon.
Announcing my first
Solo Art Show
March 21 - April 12th
101 N. Central Avenue
Medford, Oregon
Show will be up 3/21/25-4/12/25. Exhibit will be available for viewing Mon-Fri 10-5:30/Sat 10-4:30 (Gallery hours), except during classes.
In this exhibit, I will be showing work from two very different periods of my life. The first body of work is light and simple, using watercolors, ink and calligraphy to reflect my deep connection to the earth.
My more recent body of work marks a significant shift, born from a painful period of immense challenges. Through both abstract intuitive painting and calligraphic pieces, I expressed my struggles with mental health, the pain of divorce, an intense spiritual crisis, and a hopeful journey towards healing.
Taking Off the Armor
“I am so frustrated, sad, angry, pained, upset, fragile, confused at my church. I am agitated. Spiritually agitated. I don't know what to do. I don’t trust myself to know things spiritually independently outside of my church context. The crappy shit the leaders say, the policies, the hurt, the shame, How much longer can I hold on to the church, being so conflicted and confused by it? How much anguish can I handle? What does God want me to do? Is He listening? Does He understand my pain and confusion? What am I to do?” I wrote those words on September 10, 2021.
That text is the first paragraph of Taking Off the Armor, my Substack newsletter about my spiritual and religious unraveling. Many of the art pieces from my current collection are about that part of my life.
