The body of work on display for my senior art exhibition explores my relationship with the many transitional periods I have gone through in my life, both planned and involuntary. When reflecting on these periods of significant change, I notice that many times I go through a similarly structured cycle of phases each time.

To represent this cycle, I have used the analogy of growing plants for a garden. As a good gardener knows, a plant that has been uprooted from a sudden storm needs gentle care to restore the health of its roots. At the same time, a plant that is left too long in a controlled environment risks becoming root-bound, and its growth can be stunted. 

Change can be uncomfortable and frightening, and I used to think that running away from it was the best way to protect my roots. But, as I have grown and learned from those who embrace it as an opportunity to spread their roots wider and deeper, I try to check my instinct to run away. I am learning that in order to grow and bloom, I am occasionally required to endure the pain of being uprooted.