My artwork, which typically features stream-of-consciousness writing alongside various imagery, is primarily based on art-journaling techniques. (I create bona fide art journals as well; I'll be posting pages from them, too.) The pieces I’ll upload here will provide a snapshot of my life circa 2011/2012, a very difficult period of time for me, when---for all intents and purposes---my life was beginning to rip at the seams. The self-confidence and financial independence I’d worked so hard to gain during my 20s and 30s was deteriorating. Not only was I starting to lose my main source of work as a freelance writer (as a result of the recession, the downfall of journalism, and job outsourcing), but I was also in a relationship where I felt very voiceless and very trapped. Art served as a means of reclaiming my voice and thus my own personal power.

By posting these older pieces, I guess I’m hoping to find some personal closure for this rather painful period of my life. It would even more rewarding if my entries manage to reach anyone out there who’s gone through similar experiences and can identify with them.