"This work is from my 'quilt painting' series. Since moving to the Catskill Mountains in Upstate NY, I've become very interested in the tradition of women quilting. Due to a connective tissue disorder, my body can't sustain the physical acts of quilting so I decided to explore the visual language of the art-form through an ongoing series of paintings. I often depict historical experiences of women through these paintings, but with narratives rewritten to right traumas and produce more cathartic outcomes for the characters. I also use the simple graphics in these pieces to interact with eras I have interest in but don't necessarily want to depict in a highly specific or naturalistic way, like British pre-history.

'The Casting Out of Tehi Tegi' deals with the Manx origin story of St. Stephen's Day, also known as 'The Hunting of the Wren'. The story goes something like this: There was once a witch on the Isle of Mann that was so beautiful that all the men of the island followed her around and stopped harvesting crops or taking care of their animals. Eventually, this lead to famine and the people decided to cast her out. One mitigation was allowed her in that she could return to the island every St. Stephen's Day as a wren. However, when she returns in this guise each year, she is hunting by the boys and men of Mann."