This body of work emerged from a period of intense introspection during the Daphne Art Foundation Virtual Artist Residency. I turned inward to confront experiences I had long held in silence—living through mental health struggles, the unraveling of a twelve‑year relationship, the grief of divorce, and the loss that followed. Rather than focusing on the actions of others, the work centers my own process of healing: naming what I had buried, acknowledging the weight of those years, and creating space for myself to feel, process, and move forward. Each piece became a quiet act of reclamation, a way to translate pain into clarity and begin stitching myself back together.
