Title: Containment

18 by 24 inches

Mixed Media on Canvas

Triptych 1 of 3

Containment represents the space where truth becomes trapped inside the body. The composition suggests a throat, chest, and heart, not as anatomy, but as the emotional landscape of women living with illness that was questioned, minimized, or ignored. A vein of gold rises through the throat. Gold symbolizes truth: something precious, undeniable, and deeply human. Yet here it cannot escape. It catches in the throat, suspended between the heart that knows and the voice that struggles to be heard. The muted blue grays evoke silence and exhaustion, while the faint blush of pink reflects the legacy of being labeled anxious, stressed, or psychosomatic before receiving an accurate diagnosis. The body becomes a vessel of containment, carrying stories that medicine was not yet willing to hear. As part of The Pink Gene Project, Containment honors the countless women who learned to swallow their symptoms, soften their voices, and question their own reality because they were taught that their truth was not enough. It is a portrait of what happens when truth is forced inward and a reminder that what is contained is never erased.

Title: Endurance

18 by 24 inches 

Mixed Media on Canvas 

Tryptic 2 of 3

Endurance speaks to the quiet strength required to live in a body that continues to carry more than it should. The composition suggests the neck, shoulder, back and spine, with a dark vertical line running through the center like an internal axis. It is both a spine that refuses to collapse and the invisible weight of illness that travels through the body each day. Flecks of pink emerge along this path, echoing the experiences of women whose symptoms were dismissed as anxiety, stress, or psychosomatic before they were believed. The surrounding white space is intentional. It is not emptiness, but resilience, the space where hope, healing, and identity persist despite pain. The dark edges press inward, suggesting the constant pressures of chronic illness, while the body remains upright. As part of The Pink Gene Project, Endurance honors the countless women who continue to move forward without applause or recognition. It is a portrait of survival, not because the burden is light, but because they have learned to carry it. 

Title: Repair

18 by 24 inches

Mixed Media on Canvas

Triptych 3 of 3 

Repair explores what it means to carry illness inside a body that looks quiet from the outside. The soft gray blue form suggests a stomach and abdomen. At its center, the belly button anchors the piece in the physical body, reminding us that this is not an abstract landscape, but a human one. Layers of translucent paint mimic tissue, memory, and time, while the dark edges create the feeling of being enclosed, as though the body itself has become a vessel holding pain, treatment, and endurance. The scattered pink marks represent the traces medicine leaves behind. They echo injection sites, procedures, medications, and the invisible evidence of living with chronic illness. Small in scale, they are easy to overlook, much like the daily realities of those who carry disease beneath the surface. There is no dramatic gesture here. Instead, the painting speaks in whispers. It asks viewers to consider the quiet labor of repair, fear, hope, and resilience within a body that continues to move through the world. In Repair, the body becomes both a refuge and a prison, holding everything together while revealing almost nothing at first glance. 

Prints available upon request.