My work centers around self expression and enjoyment of the creative process. I started off my artistic journey by simply creating, in order to see what would happen, and to explore factors unbeknownst to me. With textiles, I began trying resist techniques, which involves using material binding, dyeing with different methods of making colors, and overall experimentation. I believe art is about the process of discovery, and that is what makes it so enjoyable. With my textiles, I found it had become a way to narrate and visualize traumatic past experiences in my life in order to process and heal those experiences in a way I could tangibly feel and work with. I also find dramatic and visual healing processes in art to be very successful in my work. With my first experiences making digital pieces with different techniques on Photoshop, I found myself quickly getting back into excitement and discovery of new possibilities with many different digital techniques. I found myself creating visceral scenery and surreal landscapes with images I took of found objects. From digital art came an interest in photography, as well as visual journaling with mixed materials and abstraction, which sometimes incorporates the photos I have taken. While creating these visual journal collage pages, I began scanning them and using them to make a set of printed oracle cards. The visual journaling came from group work and sharing processes with others, and also inspired me to make larger scale mix media paintings on canvas. Most of my inspiration for what I create has come from creative processes and experimentations like these, but I also have felt inspired by other artists such as Magdalena Abakanowicz and her work and process.