This was the fourth piece I created in the series, and by the time I painted it, a fire had been lit. The words “My body will not derail me from my purpose” are written directly onto the canvas—a declaration, a boundary, a vow. This piece came from a place of fierce alignment. Even in the wake of my cancer diagnosis, I felt a deep and immovable truth: my purpose still stands. My calling is still clear.
Layers of acrylic paint are joined by torn music paper and a shimmer of gold leaf—symbols of rhythm, divinity, and resonance. The music paper, like a background hum, suggests that something within me continues to play, even through disruption. Even through fear. My body is not my enemy; it is my vessel. And my purpose moves through it, no matter the condition.
This piece is not about denial. It’s about devotion. Devotion to the work, the path, and the knowing that purpose can live inside a healing body—not in spite of it, but because of it.
Materials: acrylic paint, gold leaf, and collaged music paper on unstretched canvas
Materials: acrylic, oil pastel, pencil, ink, and torn journal pages on loose gesso’d canvas
Each piece in Where the Ink Ran Out was created during or in preparation for my residency at ArtQuest at GreenHill, where my intention was to explore what couldn’t be fully expressed through words alone. All works are on loose, unstretched canvas, with a 16x20 area hand-gessoed at the center, leaving an unprimed border around the edges. I love how this allows the raw edges and natural wrinkles of the canvas to create dimension—each one casting its own subtle shadows. These pieces are meant to be framed in a way that honors that softness and relief, rather than flattening them completely. I also pushed the boundaries of mixed media in this collection, using embroidery floss as a connective and highlighting element—stitched into the canvas like a drawn line, guiding the eye and anchoring the emotion.
This was the fourth piece I created in the series, and by the time I painted it, a fire had been lit. The words “My body will not derail me from my purpose” are written directly onto the canvas—a declaration, a boundary, a vow. This piece came from a place of fierce alignment. Even in the wake of my cancer diagnosis, I felt a deep and immovable truth: my purpose still stands. My calling is still clear.
Layers of acrylic paint are joined by torn music paper and a shimmer of gold leaf—symbols of rhythm, divinity, and resonance. The music paper, like a background hum, suggests that something within me continues to play, even through disruption. Even through fear. My body is not my enemy; it is my vessel. And my purpose moves through it, no matter the condition.
This piece is not about denial. It’s about devotion. Devotion to the work, the path, and the knowing that purpose can live inside a healing body—not in spite of it, but because of it.
Materials: acrylic paint, gold leaf, and collaged music paper on unstretched canvas
Materials: acrylic, oil pastel, pencil, ink, and torn journal pages on loose gesso’d canvas
Each piece in Where the Ink Ran Out was created during or in preparation for my residency at ArtQuest at GreenHill, where my intention was to explore what couldn’t be fully expressed through words alone. All works are on loose, unstretched canvas, with a 16x20 area hand-gessoed at the center, leaving an unprimed border around the edges. I love how this allows the raw edges and natural wrinkles of the canvas to create dimension—each one casting its own subtle shadows. These pieces are meant to be framed in a way that honors that softness and relief, rather than flattening them completely. I also pushed the boundaries of mixed media in this collection, using embroidery floss as a connective and highlighting element—stitched into the canvas like a drawn line, guiding the eye and anchoring the emotion.
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