This piece reflects elements of Sojourner Truth's life and legacy. The collage papers with the webbing represent the networks she created in the realms of abolition and women's rights. The papers with words are printed from a book about her life, where she describes asking for her son from the family that had enslaved them both. The rings represent chains that keep people down, and represent her concept that even if a person were to gain freedom from one type of discrimination, they could continue to be pulled down by other aspects of their identities.

"Truth About Freedom" was chosen by the City of Kingston, NY for their upcoming exhibition at city hall. It will be on display from December 7, 2024 until August 2025.

This piece was created in my art journal as part of a lesson by Tania Ahmed as part of Everything Art's Wanderlust 2024 course. We were exploring using needle tip applicators to apply paint. 

Using acrylic inks on canvas and lots of water on top of a pink background, this piece evokes clouds and worlds built upon them.

The background is made by letting acrylic inks drip on a very wet page. I then painted my dad from a photo of him as a young man.

Acrylic inks merge together on a canvas board. On top, teal lines provide some structure.

Many layers of acrylic paint and inks with circles negative painted on top. As I was creating this, I was thinking about the need to provide spaces for people to learn and make mistakes safely.

Originally this started as an attempt to see how watercolors would react to the canvas board. I didn't like the outcome so I decided to negatively paint circles on top. I picked the first group and those have the original watercolor. Then I did a few more layers, adding new circles each time but not painting any of the previous circles. It reminds me of growth and reimagining.