We all come from a woman, probably one who suffered or was abused. We are the product of a lineage of pain, the legacy of a patriarchal society where women have lost their power, where our wombs have been reduced to reproductive devices, where our bodies have been reduced to sexual objects. We inherit pain and diseases that the medical world often cannot explain or cure. The center of my work is based on the expression of pain, in the process I have connected with people with similar experiences, especially women. Our bodies absorb and process everything around them and many times we ignore it until it gets sick.

Garden of Emotion is an image journal where I record my emotional and physical states through painting. The compositions appear naturally as seeds and flowers. The seeds come from an emotional state, while the flowers come from a physical state. The seed is a metaphor for the potential, the consciousness ready to give life, grow and expand. I draw flowing emotional lines and represent feelings with color; the abstract, the untold. The flower is a metaphor for the body, its limits, strengths and weaknesses; its sensitivity and mortality. Each piece is based on a drawing of my spine and with color gestures I represent my feelings. The seed of emotion that is sown manifests physically through the body.

With these studies I analyze my own condition, trying to transform it into autonomous creations that tell a story of a life of pain and resilience. The unstretched fabric symbolizes the flexibility and vulnerability of the body. With fragments of fabric I depict the integration of the physical and the energetic body; it allows me to make life-size images and involve my whole body in the process. The fabric itself comes from a flower.