Creating and exploring art has been a constant throughout my life. It has saved me at my hardest moments, given me voice and insight when it’s felt inconceivable. Art has granted me access to community in ways I never would have dreamed possible. My mission is focused on increasing access to this power for my community, particularly disabled, neurodivergent, and non-art folks. How can unconventional modes of artistic expression connect us with ourselves and others? How do we develop these practices? My art wellness workshop and technique, Scribble Art, provides a safe space for participants to examine current thought patterns, releasing them, taking risks, and learning with each other. I ask participants to detach from a set final goal and to focus their presence in the process. Participants continually turn their surfaces to weaken attachment to growing compositions. With fresh eyes it’s easier to take bold risks, to scribble! A cycle of detachment, risk, and discovery leads my approach. I am exploring similar themes in the studio as well as strengthening the tactility of my artwork, providing greater access. Touch Tiles are a series of small wooden panels prepared and painted alongside larger paintings, such as 6 Years In My Body. Audience members are invited to handle, touch, and study them.  A long and slow surface preparation balances an automatic and quick paced painting technique creating a documentation of time. Highly saturated and expressive colors cluster into busy marks while maintaining breath in negative spaces. Sensitivity to surface can be shared with Touch Tiles. Family Inheritance is a threaded sculpture series meant to be handled . Recycled threads are wrapped around abstract bundles of inflatable balloons. Layers and layers of glue are applied to threads. After many hours the balloons are popped and the threads are forced to stand on their own. Audiences are invited to process the unique textures, curves, and planes physically. I am passionate about encouraging my community’s autonomy and voices and believe exploration is necessary to that.