Beyond Repair, Linocut Print

Today, I had my first piece featured in an exhibition in a long time. This print means a lot to me, and I’m grateful for the opportunity to share and speak about it. Below is my artist statement:

“What happens to a soul that becomes stunted?

When the pandemic struck, I had just entered my first career job. I was proud, energetic, and full of light and ideas. I had worked hard to move into a home that was the first space of my own. What was expected to be a few weeks of remote work and housing in place, turned into months. The house that was my safe space, a product of my hard work, and an environment I hoped would allow my creativity to flourish- had become a lonely prison. My job made cuts, friends moved far away, and I fell off my path. In the dark, I knew everything that had gone wrong, yet I was helpless to change my circumstances. I couldn’t find the key to fix that light, and I’m not even sure there was an answer. That youthful light went out. I don’t know if I will ever meet the version of myself that I knew before all of this, but I’m proud to be creating a new light for myself, in a new place. This print represents the years that I spent, barely living, with a light that was Beyond Repair.”