Nude figurative Growing up in a concrete

Growing up in a concrete city with barely any trees

wearing a harness and embracing my body sparked the creation of this work

Chief Caleen Sisk of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe reminds us that the salmon's fate mirrors our own: what happens to the salmon happens to us

leaving little room for depictions of empowered women who confidently satisfy their own desires and embrace masturbation

not a luxury

Nude figurative Growing up in a concrete2023, Collage with Linoleum and Screenprint Elements on Cotton Rag Paper 14. 88 x 11. 13 inches In my printmaking practice, every hand carved texture and shape represents hours of careful labor, far too precious to discard. This series grew out of a game I love to play: remixing leftover fragments from different collections to see what new compositions emerge. Here, letterforms from a spring series meet the organic, nature inspired shapes I carved