non-literal self portraits
Non-Literal Self Portraits
These works began as letters to myself—more introspective than journal entries, driven by a desire to picture myself within new emotional and psychological landscapes.
I started with watercolor paintings, tearing them into halves or quarters before mounting them onto sanded pastel boards. Layers of pastel, fragments of handwritten text, and repeated revisions gradually transformed the original images into places of memory, concealment, and possibility. Only portions of the writing remain visible, suggesting thoughts remembered, edited, or deliberately left unfinished.
Many of the pieces evolved into diptychs. Although they bear little resemblance to traditional hinged panels, I was drawn to the format because of the intimate nature of the writing.
In my mind, each work opens like a book, revealing fragments of identity through both image and language.
These works began as letters to myself—more introspective than journal entries, driven by a desire to picture myself within new emotional and psychological landscapes.
I started with watercolor paintings, tearing them into halves or quarters before mounting them onto sanded pastel boards. Layers of pastel, fragments of handwritten text, and repeated revisions gradually transformed the original images into places of memory, concealment, and possibility. Only portions of the writing remain visible, suggesting thoughts remembered, edited, or deliberately left unfinished.
Many of the pieces evolved into diptychs. Although they bear little resemblance to traditional hinged panels, I was drawn to the format because of the intimate nature of the writing.
In my mind, each work opens like a book, revealing fragments of identity through both image and language.
