In my art, I make visible the sensation of being caught between surrendering and coping.  Identity is a journey shaped by moments, events, relationships, and experiences.  Fragility of life is conveyed as an ugly beautiful venture of distortion.  Resilience pushes oneself from the past into being present.  Significance is accumulated through redundancy, and gesture insists on telling how it was mended and how identity was built.  Survival is vital.