Using spray paint, acrylic, conte, gel medium transfers, fabric modeling and relief work, this mixed media creation based on the assignment “Hide and Seek” was created.

In relation to my personal religious experiences, holding onto my faith has put me in a space of scruteny and judgement. This is an empowerment piece towards women who physically carry their faith with them through every moment of their day. It is a tribute to empowerment. What is the true definition of freedom? What is true female beauty? I believe it goes deeper then the physical clothing of a woman. This piece brings power to women within the Muslim faith. Her body turns into pieces of her place of prayer, making her connected to her place of worship. The piece has “Her Life”, translated into Arabic written at the bottom in fine black ink. The Canvas board is approx. 4 feet by 1 1/2 feet long.

This is my story of how the colour orange came to be.
It was once a world with brilliant scenes and explosive colours of all shades and hues. A world that was lost and destroyed. Over time, people evolved and came back to only find themselves and their world in red and blue.
A young boy was playing in a local collection of past artifacts. He understood the waste came from another time, but he was curious to see what he could find. He was one of the first boys to find a lighter in this world. His blue hands picked it up and studied it.
He was warned by his elders that the world they lived in was all they needed. Colour in 2′s was all that should be. A world where colour was blown away.

He lit the lighter and was in awe with such beauty. The flame was like nothing he had seen before. It was a colour that he could not make out. He was baffled and confused. He took a breath out. He was warned. He lit up, turning from one shade of blue to another.
His red eyes saw something they have never seen before. He had discovered a bright, new, intensity.
As he exhaled, the bright yellow heat radiated into the red sky around him.
This is how he blew alive the colour orange and rediscovered a new world of colour that once existed.