An illustrated woman with purple curly hair, resting her chin on her hands, dressed in a white top, blue jeans, and sneakers, lying on her stomach.

These paintings are a body of work exploring youth and growth. Sylvia PLath’s The Bell Jar and the passage of the fig tree, caught between possibility and paralysis inspired many of these works. These paintings reflect on aspects of myself and relationships from the past.

Soft and sharp.

Somewhere within My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfeg and a late-night obsession with Sister Act.