Artist Statement: "Lavender and Honey"

Some believe that when we dream, it is our mind subconsciously working out solutions to different emotions and problems we encounter in everyday life. Recently, my work has been exploring the idea of a dreamscape, in which I take inspiration from my own dreams and attempt to translate everyday struggles into surrealist imagery. By using cathartic art as a way to reflect upon my own emotions from the waking world, I investigate whimsical or fantastical settings. In this particular piece, I delved into personal feelings related to pressure and stress. I wanted to address questions such as how can stress and pressure affect a person, and how can they benefit from them? Who do you become and what’s the point? The viewer could be left with a positive or negative reaction depending on how they see the figure: receiving the sweet nectar, or just being used.