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I am a mostly self taught artist currently living in Morgan, Utah with my husband and our pets. I began working with stained glass in 2018 after a small lesson from my Grandpa, who has worked with stained glass for as long as I can remember. I love the delicate, but extremely resilient, nature of glass. The process of creating stained glass is extremely meditative, and allows time for deep self reflection. In 2019, I began exploring some work with acrylic paint and began to feel drawn toward performance art. I like the idea of using my own body as a medium for expression, and also as a muse. After spending most of my life fostering a deep seated hatred of myself and my appearance, I am learning this year what it true self acceptance means, and my work is reflective of that.

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My work is very focused on my own experience navigating femininity and what it means to be a woman in our world today. Growing up in an environment where femininity had very rigid boundaries, specific roles assigned from birth, I wasn’t allowed much room to actually explore what being a woman meant to me. I also found myself wanting very much to conform to the stereotypical attributes found within these rigid boundaries of femininity. “Someone told me there’s a girl out there, with love in her eyes and flowers in her hair.” If you search “hair and femininity” on Google, the first article that appears is a piece warning of the dangers of a woman having short hair. “It is a sub ... view more »

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