Artist Statement
"Our bodies are really just planets that are home to many different microscopic organisms. They are invisible to the naked eye but they experience all the things that we experience. My 'moonies' are my own representation of the ones that live on my body."

"I was a military brat ever since I was born so I've moved and traveled to many new cities, states and countries. Moving around so much made it hard for me to find a sense of home and belonging anywhere. I always felt lost and was in constant search of finding a place to call home. It wasn't until I was older that I realized that it's okay not to have just one place to declare as home. I realized that home is not a place, it is a feeling. So, as a personal reminder of this realization, I draw my moonies in different places I've traveled to and have been inspired by."

"I chose the Rose of Jericho as a destination for my moonies in this series because of what the plant represents to me. The rose of Jericho is a resurrection plants native to African deserts. It can lie dormant without water for hundreds of years. Yet, even with the slightest bit of rain it can be nurtured back to life and bloom within seconds."

"To me this represents the beauty and power the act of nurture is capable of. It is also a metaphor of the thought that there are so many different forms of love in this world beyond the limitation of romance."