My work is an exploration of the representation of black femininity. Cycling through themes of grief, anger, fear and joy. In my studio practice I position myself as a practitioner of my own identity and how that identity might be mitigated by viewers. I take these caricatures of black women that give a visualization of stereotypes and treat them like a self portrait. They live in a malleable nature in the paintings/drawings and act in cartoonish ways. Pulling visual references from historical depictions of these caricatures like Merrie Melodies, Uncle Tom Cabins, visual artists like John Currin, Kara Walker and Lisa Yuskavage. These characters bring their baggage of the ugliness of white American puritanical patriarchy. But in my work, I strip away the damaging narrative that they are interwoven with and make them human again. These moments of vulnerability where they look out at the audience with worry or contempt. The looming interaction between them and the implied audience is one of distrust and fear.