My recent work focuses on passages in women’s lives through an investigation of natural forms, patterning, and textile traditions. The imagery and stories are derived from my experience living as a Peace Corps volunteer in Papua New Guinea. Trees, seeds, and the tapa cloth (a traditional material made by Papua New Guinean women from the inner bark of mangrove trees) are all symbolic of female flesh and serve as a link to ancestral spirits. While experimenting formalistically with a limited palette, traditional Papua New Guinea patterns, and the linear aspects of trees, these works celebrate the interconnectedness of generations of women and the universal themes of women creating textiles.