40 x 1.5 x 30 (inches) acrylic on canvas completed in 2023 l This painting is a formulation of hope upon women’s lived experience with embodied disenfranchised grief. Because counterintuitive and sociocultural factors create a paradox of emotions when our bodies experience loss, violation, or betrayal, validation of such experiences can only come from unconditional love in the
the body itself after digging through coats of judgment and shame.