Circular Imprints
This series interrogates my memory of major life events and how they've been imprinted in my mind and body. I used the cyanotype technique, in which objects are placed on paper treated with photosensitive chemicals and exposed to sunlight, leaving a print.
Sacred Garden (2024). 18 x 18 x 1 in. Cyanotype prints and embroidery on wood panel.
I Am the Medicine (2024). 12 x 12 in. Cyanotype prints on wood circular panel. I found this snakeskin on a spiritual retreat, where I desperately hoped to shed my limiting beliefs. I was frustrated at how much I was clinging to these expectations but the snakeskin reminded me of the Ram Dass quote that you cannot force the snake to molt its skin. It happens at the rate it happens. Healing happens not just in beautiful settings but in every moment I give myself the space and time to let go. I am the medicine.
She perservered (2023). 12 x 12 in. Cyanotype prints on wood panel This piece speaks to trying to heal trauma that is trapped in the body, manifesting as “medically” unexplained chronic pain. The collage uses cyanotype prints of a CT scan of my head with wildflowers picked from my front yard that speaks to the resilience of the desert. Just like the sudden popping of the poppies, healing can happen in spurts after a winter of darkness. The scissors represent the hard edges created to survive, like the spines of a cactus, but inside my mind is still beautiful.
American gurl (2023). 12 x 12 in. Cyanotype prints and acrylic on canvas.
Desert Survivors (2023). 18 x 18 x 3/8 in. Cyanotype prints and acrylic on wood panel. This piece pays tribute to the resilience and fragility of the Sonoran Desert and the cyclical nature of life. During a triple digit June day in 2023, I tried to rescue a lizard barely moving on my patio with water, acknowledging the childishness and futility of this gesture.
Move Change Inhabit (2024). 16.25 x 16.25 in Collaged cyanotype prints and acrylic on wicker support. Here I recount the many moves of my life both literal and metaphorical and that while we think we are leaving a place or event behind, it never really leaves us.
Cop Out (2023). 16 x 16 x 1 in. Cyanotype prints and acrylic on canvas.
Go/grow (2023). 12 x 12 in. Cyanotype prints, embroidery, and acrylic on canvas.
Dissolution (2023). 16 x 16 x 0.75 in. Acrylic, cyanotype, fabric, and pastel on canvas.
Recal (2023). 10 x 10 in. Cyanotype print and acrylic on watercolor paper.
Are you having a knife time? (2023). 8 x 8 x 3/4 in. Cyanotype, acrylic, and embroidery on canvas.
What goes around (2023). 14 5/8 x 14 5/8 x 3/4 in. Cyanotype print on cotton fabric, tree roots, and acrylic on wood panel.