I make art because I believe our stories, our land, and our communities are connected.
As a Black woman with deep Southern roots, much of my work comes from what I have inherited—the stories, struggles, strength, and resilience of the people who came before me. I am especially interested in our relationship with the land and what it holds: memory, history, loss, beauty, and possibility.
I am a self-taught artist working in painting, mixed media, and public art. I often take my work outside of the traditional gallery setting and into the places where people live, gather, and move through their everyday lives. I want people to be able to see themselves in the work, talk with one another, and think about the places they call home.
The death of Toni Morrison in 2019 pushed me to stop putting off something I had always felt called to do... make art. My years working in education, public health, and government taught me the importance of listening to people and bringing people together. Those experiences continue to shape how I approach my work today.
Through projects like the Witness Series and Sankofa Emancipation Project, I explore the experiences of Communities of Color and our relationship to the land of Southeast Texas. My work has been shown at DiverseWorks, the Jung Center, Rice University’s Moody Center, Houston Community College, the Climate Justice Museum, and Houston City Hall. In 2025, I was an Artist in Residence with Buffalo Bayou Partnership, where I brought Witness Series programming to sites along Buffalo Bayou. I was also named Community Artists’ Collective’s 2024 Artist in Action.
At the heart of my work is a simple question: What do we remember, what do we carry forward, and what do we choose to leave behind?