As I have been working in solitude in my studio over the past year, I have had a lot of

time to reflect on the events in our nation and the world. Most of this has been unsettling

at best, enraging and dispiriting at worst. It has been taking a lot more effort and energy

to stay focused on my work in the studio. I have been finding it increasingly difficult to

stay centered and hopeful in the midst of all the recent social and political upheaval. As I

worked on these monoprints, I began to have a conversation with myself about how to

manage all of this. How do I stay centered and present during a time in which so much

of the news provokes personal stress and anxiety? Or when it appears that the ideals of

our democracy are under attack? How do we stay engaged in a world that seems to be

falling apart and still have peace of mind? How do I keep a sense of faith in the goodwill

of humanity when minorities, immigrants, women, and the poor are under constant

attack by the government? How do I hold on to hope when our freedom and rights are

threatened, and we are pitted against each other by politicians and the media?

The 12 mixed-media monoprints in this exhibition are a result of my wrestling with these

questions in my studio practice during this time of national and international social,

political, and religious turmoil and upheaval. They are a visual diary or conversation

about spirituality and mental well-being.

Mixed media monoprints with collage, maculature, pochoir, and alcohol gel transfers.