My practice explores my connection to black women who go unseen and unheard. Understanding that our dichotomy is different. That we are hypervisible but still invisible. My work explores my identity as an individual as well as my identity in a wider community. It allows me to show versions of Black girl/womanhood through my gaze and own experiences. The images I paint allow me to show grace and celebration as well as frustration and confrontation. That even though sometimes our life experiences aren’t the same, we are still connected. Where there is connection, there is also disconnection. Through color and mixed media such as oil, acrylic, and hand-dyed watercolor paper; I build an imagery that can be felt as stillness at the same time using watercolor paper to build texture that can be felt as tension. Creating a juxtaposition and allowing the viewers to get a direct look or feel of conflict and comfort.