I use a wide diversity of media in my work, relying on the emotional, formal, and associative resonance of each material to express each form’s potential. Twine for a basket-sculpture, ceramic for an abstract vessel, linen as a support for painting and embroidery, and sand as pigmentation and surface texture. I am very simple in imaging, but not minimalist. I will continue working with these forms for as long as I need to, and to explore other ways to make new ones come forth because through this process of making and investigating I find emotional serenity.
Grahamstown 035 is an untitled, charcoal piece. It was part of an exhibition that went to Grahamstown, South Africa, that was about a poem I wrote about my late grandmother and the loss of roots.
The basket-sculpture is part of an installation called INKABA, a belly button. It was part of a show about homes, nests, safe spaces, and belonging. It is handmade and woven with twine, wrapped around a paper twist core. The paper twist looks like rope but is made entirely of paper.
My Word 023 is an abstract minimalist piece of art related to the idea of safe spaces. I have been told it resembles a pregnant belly.