I paint self portraits as a way to understand myself. 
They assist me greatly in my growth and evolution 
as a person, and as a woman. In 2002 I painted 
myself in the guise of the goddess Kali. I later realized, looking back, that each of my self portraits held the 
energy of a certain archetypal figure that fit the story 
and mood of the painting and what I was experiencing 
in my life when I painted it. As well as being cathartic, 
these portraits help me reveal and integrate who and 
where I am in my life at a given moment, and what 
universal forces are playing through me.