Seerveld Gallery at Trinity Christian College
October 2021

Specifically feeble and precisely precarious, my work translates elements of daily life. Moods, guilt, sensations, monotony, accumulation, and change are given bodies in objects and represented in gestures. Spaces of the mind are realized in physical form and daydreams animated in real space. Up close and in combination, these pieces begin to represent the fluidity and contradictions of the everyday.

As an exhibition, Push Comes to Shove examines the overlap and under lap of every day life as it pertains to the artist as well as the larger ideas surrounding the subject. As a mother, educator, and artist, attention is pulled, movement is tethered, objects are stacked, and connection is felt. Many of the structures and productive objects are stressed or bent, but they are accomplishing new feats otherwise impossible. In these works the absurd hints toward the profound through the embrace of full humanity and the ability to make light of the perils of
every day life. The work in this show emerges from uncertain times and embodies trust in the creative process. It acknowledges struggle and leans heavily. There is depth, connection, dependence, and elation.