Medium: Mixed Media on Canvas
Size: 30 x 40 inches
This mixed-media work explores identity, faith, and otherness through fragmentation and reconstruction. Created with charcoal drawing, gold leaf, and layers of found and recycled materials—including shopping bags and coupons—the piece physically embodies the act of being torn apart and reassembled. Drawing from my experience as an autistic individual with a unique perspective on life and religion, familiar religious symbolism is intentionally removed from its traditional context to invite viewers to question what belief truly means. The central unclothed figure reflects vulnerability and the weight of existing as a woman under societal scrutiny, while the surrounding dark forms represent intrusive thoughts shaped by trauma, abuse, and shame. Through destruction and reassembly, the work mirrors the belief that life’s breaking points can be transformed into something more meaningful—suggesting not erasure of suffering, but transcendence through it.
Medium: Mixed Media on Canvas
Size: 30 x 40 inches
This mixed-media work explores identity, faith, and otherness through fragmentation and reconstruction. Created with charcoal drawing, gold leaf, and layers of found and recycled materials—including shopping bags and coupons—the piece physically embodies the act of being torn apart and reassembled. Drawing from my experience as an autistic individual with a unique perspective on life and religion, familiar religious symbolism is intentionally removed from its traditional context to invite viewers to question what belief truly means. The central unclothed figure reflects vulnerability and the weight of existing as a woman under societal scrutiny, while the surrounding dark forms represent intrusive thoughts shaped by trauma, abuse, and shame. Through destruction and reassembly, the work mirrors the belief that life’s breaking points can be transformed into something more meaningful—suggesting not erasure of suffering, but transcendence through it.
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