Inspired by the gradients of ripening tomatoes in my garden.

• 5x7”

• gouache + oil based paint marker on board

• UV protective varnish

• ready to hang, claw hook on back

I’m attempting to create beauty from the little I have, a reflection of how I felt after experiencing a series of traumas and financial crises, and consequent food and housing insecurity.

Everything in my life felt like chaos so I desired simplicity and symmetry, centeredness and peace. I wanted to make but couldn’t afford supplies, so I looked around at what I had: three small tubes of paint and some scrap board bound for the trash.

Although the designs are mechanical in composition and form, these humble materials and the textures within them heavily inform my direction and commitment to capturing and maintaining the human vulnerability I felt when I first began.