>> AS AN ARTIST, I CONSIDER MYSELF A MAKER.

MAKING THINGS.

EVEN WHEN I'M NOT IN THE STUDIO, AND PATCHING JEANS OR MAKING A CARD TO GIVE TO SOMEBODY.

I NEVER JUST NOT WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND WANT TO WORK WITH FOR ME, THAT IS HOW I CONNECT TO PEOPLE AND THINK ABOUT MY ROLE IN THE WORLD.

THAT IS THE MULTIMEDIA ARTIST.

>> I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH IMAGERY FOR OVER 10 YEARS.

THE ARTWORK STARTED AFTER EXPERIENCE CLEANING ANOTHER PERSON'S HOME.

I WAS IN THEIR SPACE OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

IT WAS IN CARING FOR THEM THROUGH CARING FOR THEIR SPACE AND SEEING IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

IT JUST CAME OUT IN THE WORK.

I EXPLORED OTHER MOTIFS.

AT THIS POINT, I WAS READY TO DO MORE OF A DEEP DIVE IN THE STUDIO >> FIRST, YOU GET A NEW IDENTITY.

THE NEXT, YOU GIVE YOURSELF AWAY THAT IS ABOUT THE SAME TIME I STARTED WORKING AT PHOENIX RISING PRINTMAKING.

I FOUND A VERY SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY THERE AND OTHER ARTIST MOMS WHO JUST UNDERSTOOD WHERE I WAS AT AND VERY SUPPORTIVE.

AND IT WAS A NATURAL SINKING OF IMAGERY AND PRACTICALITY OF WORKING IN A PRINTMAKING STUDIO.

PRINTMAKING BY ITS NATURE, REPETITION IS A BIG PART OF THAT.

YOU CAN DO A LOT OF PREPARATION AT HOME WITH THE PRINTING ASPECT.

THIS TYPICALLY HAPPENS AT A PRINTSHOP.

BETWEEN THE SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY AND THEN I WAS IN MY SAME SPACE OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

IT MADE SENSE TO USE THIS IMAGERY TO DESCRIBE THE EXPERIENCE.

BECAUSE I INCLUDE COLLAGE WITH PRINTMAKING, IT ALLOWS ME TO WORK AT MY HOME STUDIO AND AT PHOENIX.

AND NOT BE TOO RIGID ABOUT THE PROCESS.

I ALMOST FEEL LIKE THERE IS A COMPOST PART OF IT WHERE I WILL WORK ON SOMETHING AND MAYBE THROW IT IN THE BIN OF CREATIVE COMPOST AND THEN I ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING I CAN PULL OUT AND RESPOND TO AS WELL.

THAT IS A WAY THAT I KNOW THAT I CONTINUE TO REUSE MATERIALS.

AND IT ALSO RELATES TO THE WAY I PREPARED TO PRINT.

I'M CURRENTLY WORKING A LOT WITH RECYCLED MATERIALS, A.K.A., TRASH.

I FEEL THAT JUST AS MUCH AS IT IS NATURAL AS AN ARTIST TO SEE MY EVERYDAY WORLD FROM THE PERSPECTIVE, I FEEL LIKE WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO REACH SO FAR WITH MATERIALS.

USE A PERSPECTIVE WITH MATERIALS.

WITH THAT SAID, I WORK WITH HIGH END FINE ART PAPER AND INK AND I'M NOT MAKING TRASH.

IT IS PART OF THE PROCESS.

ANOTHER REASON I LIKE TO WORK WITH RECYCLED MATERIALS, AND THEY ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO, I WORK WITH STUDENTS AND THINK A LOT OF ENERGY ABOUT THE CREATIVE PROCESS, IS BECAUSE YOU OWE IT NOTHING.

I FEEL LIKE YOU PSYCHOLOGICALLY JUST FEEL THE FREEDOM TO EXPERIMENT WITH IT .

WITH THE COLLAGE, YOU JUST CUT IT OFF IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT.

THIS ALLOWS YOU TO BE PRESENT AND NOT BE SO TIED TO A VERY PRESCRIPTIVE WAY OF WORKING.

I THINK THAT IS AN ARTIST, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK VERY FAR FOR INSPIRATION.

SEEING YOUR EXPERIENCES THROUGH THE PERSPECTIVE OF AN ARTIST REALLY BRINGS THEM TO LIFE AND THEY ARE A WAY TO CONNECT WITH OTHER PEOPLE.

THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING AT HOME WITH YOUNG CHILDREN IS NOT UNIQUE TO ME AT ALL.

AND WITH COVID, JUST BEING AT HOME PERIOD.

AND KIND OF WHAT AN INTERIOR SPACE MEANS.

>> BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE AND INSIDE AND OUTSIDE.

AND JUST SEEING THE METAPHOR OF A WINDOW IS A TIMELESS METAPHOR.

ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU WORK TWO DIMENSIONALLY.

IT IS A WAY OF FRAMING THINGS.

AND INTERNAL SPACE.

SO IT IS A LOT OF STRAIGHTFORWARD OVERLAP.

ALSO THE METAPHOR GIRL WORLD VIEWS IT.

IN MY WORK, I WANT TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD TO MANIPULATE WHERE THE VIEWER FEELS WHETHER THEY ARE ON THE IN LOOKING OUT OR ON OUT LOOKING HOW OFTEN POOREST THAT IS AND HOW IT RELATES TO COMMUNITIES AND HOW WE RELATE TO THE WORLD OUTSIDE.

FOR ME, IT'S NOT AN ANSWERABLE QUESTION.

I HAVE NOT FOUND THAT TO BE THE CASE.

>> I HAVE BEEN WORKING IN THE SAME HOUSE FOR OVER 10 YEARS NOW.

I FEEL THAT MUCH MORE ENGAGED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

WHEN I WALK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THESE ARE FRIENDS OF MINE.

OR THE HOUSE, IF I DON'T KNOW WHO LIVES THERE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS PRETTY TIGHTKNIT.

AND SO THAT INFLUENCES THE WAY I THINK ABOUT NEIGHBORHOODS.

AS A PERSON OF FAITH, I ALSO THINK ABOUT IT CONCEPTUALLY AND BROADLY AND MUCH MORE BROADLY THAN THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE NEAR ME OR THE PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE ME OR HAVE A SIMILAR PERSPECTIVE.

FOR ME AND MY WORK, IT IS A WAY FOR ME TO BE CURIOUS.

I DON'T THINK I HAVE COME TO A PLACE WHERE I HAVE ANSWERS.

I THINK WE ARE AT A PLACE CULTURALLY WITH SO MANY TECTONIC SHIFTS.

THE IDEA THAT I COULDN'T ANSWER A NEIGHBOR, THE NATURE OF THAT IS REALLY RICH CREATIVELY.

THAT IS KIND OF MY WORK AND THE DIRECTION I'M GOING IN.