The Warm Embrace, Silkscreen, 11x15, Edition of 25, 2019.

The Warm Embrace, Silkscreen, 11x15, Edition of 25, 2019.

The Memory Weaver, Oil, Thread, & Collage on Canvas, 36x38, 2020.

The Memory Weaver, Oil, Thread, & Collage on Canvas, 36x38, 2020.

Baby Cousin, Oil, Yarn and Gold Leaf on Canvas, 48x56, 2019.

Baby Cousin, Oil, Yarn and Gold Leaf on Canvas, 48x56, 2019.

Baby Cousin, detail

Baby Cousin, detail

A Woman Dyeing Raffia Thread, Oil and Collage on Canvas, 36x60, 2020.

A Woman Dyeing Raffia Thread, Oil and Collage on Canvas, 36x60, 2020.

Here We Are, Oil, Photo Transfer & Collage on Canvas, 60x60, 2020.

Here We Are, Oil, Photo Transfer & Collage on Canvas, 60x60, 2020.

Here We Are, detail

Here We Are, detail

Here We Are, detail

Here We Are, detail

1530 Saint Johns, Oil on Canvas, 20x20, 2020. In Private Collection.

1530 Saint Johns, Oil on Canvas, 20x20, 2020. In Private Collection.

Pilate, Oil on Canvas, 36x48, 2020.

Pilate, Oil on Canvas, 36x48, 2020.

Feeling Our Union and We Think of You, Silkscreen, Edition of 12, 2019.

Feeling Our Union and We Think of You, Silkscreen, Edition of 12, 2019.

Feeling Our Union and We Think of You, detail

Feeling Our Union and We Think of You, detail

My undergraduate thesis, Healing from the Breaking, inquired how diasporic people weave together memories to reap a greater understanding of our origins. Depicted with luminous stellar explosions escaping from within them, subjects participate in braiding, weaving, and embracing as portals to remembering.