With a deep reverence and respect for those who came before us, I work to remind viewers of a previous time. I encourage you to remember your ancestors and their traditions. Try to remember their folktales and beliefs, their spirituality and medicines. It is easy to think we are so much further along than any ancient civilization and that there’s nothing to be learned from these people. However, I assure you, many of the answers we seek today remain evident in our past, if only we would take a moment to look at where we came from.

“A people without knowledge of their past history, origin and culture, is like a tree without roots” – Marcus Mosiah Garvey

Creating pieces that ignite an innate feeling of remembrance; I hope to invoke in viewers the memory that we’ve been here before. I feel this is an important memory to recover because of the vast amounts of knowledge and wisdom that our ancestors possessed. When we realize that so much of them is still alive in us today, we can bring awareness to this reality and make efforts to rebuild this sacred connection to our roots. By remembering who we are and where we come from, we are able to know where we stand today and where we are going.

With a series of textures, designs, hand and finger prints, my clay vessels and Ancestral Totems are covered in a vocabulary of mark making that reference the original civilizations and indigenous peoples of the world. In an age where humanity seems more desperate than ever for answers about which way to go, what to do, and who to trust; I present works that act as primordial messengers, carrying with them the spirit of an ancient time and the reminder to give thanks and travel wise!