Inspired by far away headlights along a foggy highway 101 on the Oregon coast the first night of my trip leaving Portland. 

I felt a lot of things that night. So much grief from all the things/people I was losing and already missed. 

Looking into the distance and seeing nothing but filtered light and specs of headlights is forever burned into my memory, attached to that feeling of grief as I drove into the unknown. 

Feels fitting to paint this one right now. As I’m feeling the same way sitting through this pandemic. 

• 3.75x5”

• metallic gold enamel, gouache, and ink on board

• painted metallic gold enamel edges

• UV protective varnish 

I’m attempting to create beauty out 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 fancy art supplies, so I looked around at what I had- three small tubes of paint and some scrap board.

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.