Every piece holds not just the anointing, but the oil that was poured into my empty jar during seasons of my life that felt impossible to fight through. By God's grace, I learned many things in each of those seasons—things I couldn’t have learned any other way. I need you all to know: these pieces are not just designs. They are very much pieces that have made me into a whole new person. They have provided me with a new lens into God’s heart for my life.
They always start with a scripture. A scripture that pierces my heart and clings to me throughout the season—staying with me until the very end of it. Sometimes I don’t even fully understand what the verse means until I’ve lived through the fire and walked out on the other side. But every time, God reveals a new dimension of Himself through the art that flows from those scriptures.
The Collage Prints were birthed out of painful seasons of healing and expansion. And I’ve learned that walking into renewal—and stepping into new wine skins—requires expansion of the mind, body, and soul. There are dimensions in which we are called to acquire access to. And sometimes, the only way to receive that access is by first being emptied… so He can pour. There is no shortcut to the oil. It’s pressed. It’s crushed. It’s produced in silence, in surrender, in tears. These prints carry that process. They are visual testimonies—not just of what God did, but of who He is in the middle of the process.
One of the most personal pieces I’ve ever created came during a time when I felt completely like I had no worth. When I just felt like God was chasing me over and over again and I didn’t understand why. I always repeated to myself that I was nothing but a burden—and even to this day, sometimes my triggers default to that place. Even when I knew I possessed so much potential, I felt like I did nothing right, I never said anything right, I always lost people around me, my family treated me like I was the plague, and I was used as an example most times of what not to do. So for God to choose me felt so impossible. In my mind, I was unworthy of everything.
At this time, I believe I was doing a devotional and the scripture was Genesis 1:26: "Then God said, 'Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.'" I remember reading this and saying, "I don't get it." So I took the key words "image" and "likeness" and looked up the etymology of each word. Image in Greek is charakter. It speaks to God's nonphysical qualities—such as His mind, personality, and character. Likeness speaks to looking like God in a physical nature and form. What I learned from verse 27 is that we are all embodiments of the Imago Dei. Each person has inherent value and worth because we bear a divine resemblance. It reflects our ability to reflect God's attributes—such as love, creativity, reason, morality, and responsibility. Therefore, we are already born with worth, and God gives us value when we become joint heirs in His Kingdom through baptism.
The piece titled "Imago Dei" was specifically created with many colors to symbolize wonder and the many variables in creation. The torn paper was utilized as the veil that was torn in order for me to be able to see that my worth comes from God and God alone. The clouds symbolize Heaven on earth—through us.
Everything in each piece has a story. It has a lesson. And it has intentionality.
It was created on purpose, for a purpose.