Message In A Bottle I, II, & III are parts of the Dangerously Abstract Collection.

Grace, Guardian of the Golden Rule is part of the Off the Canvas Collection.

Hanging By A Thread is part of the Off The Canvas Collection.

ARTIST STATEMENT

In my work “Hanging By a Thread” my intent is to depict the life of women in prison, and how they came to be there.

On the piece I have added the mugshots of the women to represent the growing number of women in prison today

The number of these women has increased 500% over the past two decades, making women the fastest growing population of prisoners in the United States.

The majority of these women and girls were victims of physical or sexual abuse prior to entering the system, and many of them have been victims of female trafficking and used as pawns for prostitution, drug trafficking, and other crimes.

Represented on the back pocket of “Handing By a Thread”, the women illustrate the analogy of the abusers keeping them in their back pockets, using them as pawns and giving them little hope of a real life, where they are essentially literally hanging by just a thread.

Gather Around the Table 2 is part of the Off the Canvas Collection.

New To The City #2 is part of the Urban Collection.

New To The City #1 is part of the Urban Collection.

Join Me In Celebration is part of the Urban Collection.

The Ferris Wheel of Life is part of the Urban Collection.

Stop Holding Back is part of the Urban Collection.

I Hate To See You Leave is part of the Dangerously Abstract Collection.

Entranced By The Rain 3 is part of the Dangerously Abstract Collection.

Entranced By The Rain 2 is part of the Dangerously Abstract Collection.

Entranced By The Rain 1 is part of the Dangerously Abstract Collection.

Harvest Sunrise is part of the Dangerously Abstract Collection.

I am Water but I am Fire is part of the Dangerously Abstract Collection.

Let The Sun Shine In is part of the Dangerously Abstract Collection.

Silver Lining is part of the Dangerously Abstract Collection.

In An Octopus’ Garden is no longer available for purchase.

Summer In Bloom is part of the Dangerously Abstract Collection.

Somewhere Over The Rainbow is part of the Dangerously Abstract Collection.

The Deeper Side of Seven is part of the Dangerously Abstract Collection.

Nobody Knows Me Like You 1, 2, & 3 are part of the Urban Collection.

Urban Jungle #4 is part of the Urban Collection.

Urban Jungle #3 is part of the Urban Collection.

Urban Jungle #2 is part of the Urban Collection.

Urban Jungle #1 is part of the Urban Collection.

Down By The Tracks #1 is part of the Urban Collection.

Down By The Tracks #2 is part of the Urban Collection.

Fire And A Movie is part of the Dangerously Abstract Collection.

Their Treasure Chest is part of the Dangerously Abstract Collection

On The Same Page is no longer available for purchase.

Write It In A Love Song is part of the Dangerously Abstract Collection.

Sometimes You Just Gotta Cry is part of the Dangerously Abstract Collection.

In Living Color is part of the Dangerously Abstract Collection.

Night At Carnival is part of the Dangerously Abstract Collection.

Outragious is part of the Dangerously Abstract Collection.

Hot and Sticky is part of the Dangerously Abstract Collection.

Pink Lemonade #1 is part of the Dangerously Abstract Collection.

Pink Lemonade #2 is part of the Dangerously Abstract Collection.

Insanity Lives Here is part of the Dangerously Abstract Collection.