Meditations Series Introduction

3.75"x5.5"

For a few years now I have been trying to find ways to incorporate my interests in issues of food systems and food justice with my artistic practice. This new series is an attempt at doing that through pieces that allow space for critical thinking and meditation. The detail and repetition of the paintings require precision from my hands without strict concentration, so my mind is free to roam and think. While the issues I am meditating on are not new, the recent wave of activism and the power of the Black Lives Matter movement have pushed me to consider my own role in both the problems and solutions currently in question. Each painting will be paired with an essay of the same title posted on my website.