I create paintings and sculptural works that are urgently alive. They are beings composed of emotional ecosystems born from my trauma-as-creative-intelligence methodology. These presences oscillate between flatness and dimensionality - appearing as bacterial colonies or unfamiliar bioarchitecture up close, yet inhabited and watching from distance. 

My methodology centers on somatic archaeology - layering embodied experience in materials and narratives, then excavating through them until understanding emerges through the making itself. Processing trauma required developing acute sensitivity to subtle signals essential for survival. I now apply this heightened awareness to perceive the intelligent spirits that materials narratives and events possess. Everything is existing in a process of becoming.

 This process of excavation extends beyond technique into relationship. I make tobacco offerings to materials, asking permission before working with them. Each offering begins with gratitude for what the materials will teach through collaboration. Since childhood, I've known every plant and object possesses its own unique spirit accessible through deep interaction. Indigenous healers later confirmed this knowing as manitow (ᒪᓂᑐᐤ) (spirit). Objects and materials communicate their own intelligence once awakened through touch and intention, creating collaborative dialogue that guides the work's development. 

Working with custom beeswax medium incorporating walnut oil and lavender spike oil, I build surfaces that remain malleable over time. These surfaces accumulate geological layers preserving the story of their creation, with visible traces becoming artifacts of how difficult experiences live in bodies and communities. The beeswax never fully cures, staying soft and responsive like trauma itself: always present tense, always shifting, yet leaving unmistakable strata. 

Currently I’m working with a process I call wound-as-gift. I create openings in sculptural forms, replacing solid cores with illumination. The wounds glow from within. Each opening becomes entry point for transformation rather than site of damage. 

I am drawn to the strange beauty of things falling apart. My surfaces evolve and crumble, like a skin that has been shed or a memory in flux. My work explores mortality, compulsive behaviors, and belief systems shaped by trauma. I create spaces where pain and beauty can coexist without resolution. They are gentle bad dreams and blinding ecstasies - spaces where the intelligence of wounds, materials, and narratives guide becoming.