JRL

Within my work, an interest in narratives persists—from the stories I hear to the ones I tell myself. Through old family photos, letters, and handwriting, I create pieces that explore themes of memory, loss, and childhood, seen, for example, in just your memory, Audrey’s Letter, Memory Piecing, and ten, twenty. Often the act of creating these pieces becomes a form of healing for myself, and the final product, while personal, becomes a way to reach viewers. A similar style of clean lines and quiet, yet significant white space is also found in works indirectly tied to my life, such as Eat, a project about food waste, and How to Be a Girl, inspired by a Jamaica Kincaid story. In These Places I Carry and the Ghost Ranch series, the landscapes photographed form a continuous narrative, a response to the places I inhabit. Through my photographs, and even ceramic works like Genius Burns—a piece about my relationship with the novel Little Women—I hope to connect with viewers through my experiences and perspectives.