My work is about the disconnection women can experience to their bodies by complying with standards of beauty and acceptability that are imposed upon them in western culture. These standards are determined by the dominant culture and problematize bodies that don’t satisfy these standards. This failure to satisfy these standards are then remedied with modifications to the body. These modifications come in the form of consumer products that require time as well as money to execute.

In my work I reference the historical nude, female sexuality, and body objectification. Color is used as a strategy to address gender and the privilege given to a caucasian appearance. I use pattern as a way of addressing the labor required in presenting one’s appearance, and the removal of individuality in western beauty standards.