I am an artist and educator, specializing in acrylic painting and 2D mixed media. Themes that heavily feature in my work are gender, identity and use of symbolism as means to connect our collective human experience. In 2021, I completed my MA thesis which examined the relationship between illustration, "fine art" and literary text. At the time, I chose to focus specifically on "The Waste Land" by T.S Elliot, as it connected to the pandemic we began to experience in 2020. Being a visual artist, an avid reader, and a non-native speaker, I have intertwined text and art within my work. Texts and images are all around us; at times, they may seem inescapable. In a world saturated by sounds and colors, what we view, read and hear shapes our identities and points of view. Just as a writer revises their work until they are satisfied, I combine many different mediums in my pieces, building upon traditional sketches and paintings, and digitally manipulating them, often adding elements of photography and collage.